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Davos: Till We Meet Again – Bankers Packing Up

Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem is worried that the increased insularity of thought displayed by Prime Minister Theresa May will prove near-fatal for the United Kingdom: “We’ll probably meet again twenty years from now. By

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CFI.co Meets the Director General of Wafacash: Samira Khamlichi

Bridging worlds and bringing people together: there is more to the remittance business than just shuffling cash across borders. In Morocco, Wafacash has been pushing the envelope for over a quarter century tapping into both its domestic market and the

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Containers Printers: Premier Packaging Solutions Provider

At Containers Printers quality and sustainability sit at the very core of an approach to business that has delivered consistent growth and transformed the Singapore company into a trusted partner of industry. The package solutions provider was founded in 1981

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New Business-Registration Portal Goes Global

A new web portal has been launched to help companies directly access, and assess the user-friendliness of, business registration websites around the world. Global Enterprise Registration or www.ger.co is the brainchild of Ann Low, Deputy Director of the Office of

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Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): “I Don’t Design Nice Buildings”

Zaha Hadid orphaned this world on March 31 and left it waiting for great works that now will never be. Architects bloom late in life and, while a prodigy, Ms Hadid was widely expected to pique in the years ahead.

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UNCTAD: Africa Rising

Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova and Mathabo le Roux argue that the nature and volume of foreign investment flows into the continent over the past fifteen years show Africa

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African Governments Invest in Skills in Sciences, Engineering, and Technology

President Macky Sall of Senegal launches a new Regional Scholarship and Innovative Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2015. $5 million committed by African governments and African Business Champions for Science to award 10,000 PhDs scholarships over ten years.

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The Future Arrives in the Gulf as the Future Cities Show Season Kicks Off

The region is expected to see the launch of new, futuristic technologies at the Future Cities Show, to be held from April 9-11, 2018, that will change the way people live and work in urban environment. The second edition of

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MiFID II: The Impact on Finance Sector Comms

MiFID II is a change to the regulations informing the finance sector’s conduct and aims to improve transparency and safety in the financial markets. That means that, by January 2018, affected finance businesses must be fully compliant, or face fines

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World Bank: Infrastructure Financing Options – Bankable Projects for Private Investors

Strategic investment funds have emerged as a way of addressing gaps in the infrastructure investment lifecycle. These funds are wholly or partially owned by governments or other public institutions, and are designed to mobilise private investment to key economic sectors.

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