Africa

World Bank Group Commits US$ 5 Billion to Boost Electricity Generation in Six African Countries

The World Bank Group has committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support for energy projects in six African countries…

11 years ago

Back to Africa – Chibwe Masabo Henry: The Diaspora as a Driver of Development

Having medical doctors, specialists, nurses and other healthcare workers readily available to take charge in case of illness may be…

11 years ago

MIGA (World Bank): Islamic Finance – A Growing Source of Capital for the Developing World

The World Bank has its eye on Islamic finance, and with reason. Islamic finance’s recent globalization – in both Muslim…

11 years ago

World Bank Policies Include Screening for Climate Risks

The World Bank Group has made a priority of helping countries adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change,…

11 years ago

Magatte Wade: An African Serial Entrepreneur with a Heart

She’s none too serious, loves joking around and utterly fails to get the point of forced sex. Meet Magatte Wade,…

11 years ago

Norton Rose Fulbright: EU Sets New Financial Laws for Non-EU Entities

Introduction The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is one of the cornerstones of EU financial services law setting out…

11 years ago

World Bank Group: “Customer is King” – Toward More Effective Development?

“Customer is King” is an old business saying that accentuates the importance of customers in every business. The private sector…

11 years ago

OECD: Achieving a Resilient Economic Recovery

The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and arduous, and has at times threatened to derail altogether. However,…

11 years ago

From Nigeria to UK – Dr Solomon Fubara: Helping the Diaspora Break into Business

Nigerian-born Dr Solomon Fubara did not quite set out to become a member of the UK diaspora community. In fact,…

11 years ago

From Somalia to the United States – Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Big Questions of Our Time Barely twenty years ago, Ayaan Hirsi Ali aged 23 at the time, arrived in…

11 years ago