Economics & Finance

The solution to African development must be African and internally generated. However, it will need support from the developed...

For Noel de Villiers, founder and CEO of non-governmental organisation Open Africa, three issues are key for Africa’s...

Taffy Adler is hardly the most likely candidate for taking on the role of social entrepreneur. He had an impressive track...

Has the global economy come full circle – starting with the West and making its way to the East?

The current approach to solving the banking crisis is to put more government money into banks. The problem with this approach...

In the US, extravagance is a normal way of life. In China, it is a sin. Such contrasting consumer psyche between the two...

Creativity is underrated – at least that is what Fredrik Haren, author of The Idea Book, believes. "We want to be thought of as...

Eight years ago television was banned in Afghanistan and its single national radio station was Taliban-run.

If social entrepreneurs in India focus on causes when mapping out challenges, rather than just fixing the symptoms, half the...

The Millennium Promise, which runs some 80 villages in sub-Saharan Africa, aims to help communities move towards sustainable...