Author : The Conversation

South Sudan’s accession to the East African Community could prove a major step forward in the economic development of the world’s newest nation. On March 2, the East African...

Ghana was to become the testing ground for Arthur Lewis’ ideas on economic development. The excitement surrounding Ghana’s independence in 1957 as tropical Africa’s ï¬rst decolonised territory captivated Lewis...

In their book Business Model Generation, authors Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur explore the power of asking “what if” questions. This is illustrated by the example of furniture giant...

Since its inception in 1990, the H-1B guestworker program that allows employers to bring in high-skilled foreign workers on six-year visas has been steeped in controversy. Since its inception in 1990,...

Do you ever get the sense that advertisements you see online know more about you than you might expect? Have you ever wondered why you’re being shown an ad...

Barclays has announced it is to withdraw from Africa. It will gradually reduce its 62% stake in Barclays Africa Group over the next two to three years – and,...

Charitable organisations by definition aim to do good with the money they receive and spend. However, what about the investments they make? What if these investments don’t appear to...

If the UK government’s ability to deliver its childhood obesity strategy reflected the significance of the issue, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was not a big deal. Quite...

The Oscars are the Olympics of the acting world: as well as being the most coveted of awards for those in the business, they are the most watched of...

The last time G20 finance ministers met in China back in 2005, the country was the world’s fifth-largest economy. As the next two-day meeting begins, with China as president,...