Economics

Oil prices have rebounded from their recent lows and may yet provide temporary relief to Nigeria, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari...

There were some impressive claims amid the recent hype surrounding the MC-21, Russia’s new medium-range passenger jet. The Siberian-made airliner is said to weigh 15%...

One contrast between the UK and the US versions of the television show The Apprentice is that the British programme takes place in a...

Credit the World Economic Forum with saving South Africa from communism. Invited to attend the 1992 World Economic Forum, Nelson Mandela arrived in Davos armed...

Overall, activity in the oil and gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining prices in late 2014....

In the long list of those described as “the best leader we never had,” David Owen’s name is found near the top. Uniquely among...

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here,” says Captain Louis Renault of the Casablanca police upon entering Rick’s Bar. A...

The United States government is outsourcing its business in space at an astronomical rate. Contracts worth billions of dollars are being awarded to private...

The fiscal contribution of MNEs (multinational enterprises) has been at the centre of attention for some time. Numerous instances of well-known firms paying little...

Political disruptors have, once again, become fashionable – and popular. They always do when societies grow tired of business as usual and politicians that...