The rise of the fourth industrial revolution is adding intricacy to future economies and their employment outcome...
By Monde Mawasha 21 Sep 2017
Member States of the African Union (AU) have a combined population of over 1.2 billion people and gross domestic product of more than $3.4 trillion - yet the continent accounts for less than 3% of world trade...
Andrew Skipper 1 day ago
In its latest report on Nigeria, the World Bank issued a stark warning: that the country risks becoming home to a quarter of the world's destitute people in a decade unless policymakers act to revive economic growth and lift employment...
Wale Fatade 2 days ago
It would be remiss to paint the African continent with one brush as many countries are at varying stages of their own macro and political cycles...
Danesh Ranchhod 16 Jan 2020
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the subject of much excitement and debate at the moment. All but one of the 55 countries making up the continent have signed the agreement...
Zak Sivalingum 15 Jan 2020
Oil prices shot up following the US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, rising more than $5 per barrel to more than $71 (£54) on January 6, its highest level since the Saudi oil refinery attack last September...
Mueid Al Raee 15 Jan 2020
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views...
17 Dec 2019
After a quiet start to the third quarter, a familiar script began playing out with President Donald Trump once again proceeding to threaten China with additional tariffs on imports...
Reza Hendrickse 6 Dec 2019
There has been a string of negative conversations headlining in the US press, blaming private equity (PE) for massive job losses and calling for tougher regulations...
2 Dec 2019
Infrastructure financing in Africa Africa exceeded $100bn for the first time in 2018, but significant financing gaps still remain...
18 Nov 2019
Africa is ready to absorb more investments. The risk perceptions from the continent, while high, are often exaggerated. And they do not often match what data shows and return performance on investment...
12 Nov 2019
With the right policies and linkages, Africa can become an indispensable global economic hub...
7 Nov 2019
Nigeria recently partially closed its border with Benin in an effort to stem the smuggling of rice. It then went on to close its land borders to the movement of all goods from Benin, Niger and Cameroon, effectively banning trade flows with its neighbours...
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong 28 Oct 2019
Against seemingly all the odds, we have a new Brexit deal. As an apparent vindication of UK prime minister Boris Johnson's strategy to ramp up the threat of a no-deal departure from the EU and to force concessions from Brussels, one would imagine that Number 10 is rather happy right now...
Simon Usherwood 18 Oct 2019
Businesses in Nairobi eagerly await the arrival of the tenth Regus business centre, in Britam Towers - making this its 10th location in Nairobi - in November 2019...
GO Content Lab 8 Oct 2019
