Kate Ahern: It’s ESG All the Way for Female-led Firm Dedicated to Positive Change

‘Pick good companies and then help to make them even better’ — the firm’s role, in a nutshell, by head…

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Verdant Capital: The Fintech Ecosystem in Africa is Entering into a New Era of Growth and Consolidation

The fintech ecosystem in Africa is entering an exciting and challenging phase with more capital, more competition, and more consolidation.…

3 years ago

Sports United by a Common Goal: Getting Bums Safely Back on Seats

Sport has cultural and economic importance; every country celebrates stars and leagues and teams in some form. It’s one of…

3 years ago

Uzbekistan Celebrates 3,000-Year Heritage with Largest Science Event of its Kind

5th Annual Congress of the “World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan” held…

3 years ago

Click OK and Call Me in the Morning — How Online has Changed Shopping for Meds

Social media have been on about the New Normal since the start of the pandemic. People are still looking forward…

3 years ago

KPMG Lower Gulf: Banking on ESG Risks in Future

ESG risks have the potential of negatively impacting banks’ assets, earning capacity, and sometimes their reputation, argues Abbas Basrai. Environmental,…

3 years ago

Emily Alejos, CIO at Cartica: Leading the Way in ESG Investing in the Emerging Markets

Emily Alejos joined Cartica Management as Co-CIO in April 2018 after a nationwide search for a talented and experienced investor…

3 years ago

Book Review – Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras – The X factor: What Makes Some Businesses Excel…?

Visionary companies need a strong ideology and big, hairy audacious goals. Naomi Snelling looks back at a 1994 book that…

3 years ago

Cartica’s ‘Secret Sauce’: Female Leadership, Humility, and Action

Teresa Barger spent 21 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) investing in emerging market companies around the world. At the…

3 years ago

The Gig is Up … or Is It?

The gig economy is anything but stable — but it can be the last line of defence in a crisis,…

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