China and AI: what the world can learn and what it should be wary...
China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. While the US still leads in absolute...
Indonesia Issue’s It’s First IPO
JAKARTA -The E-commerce firm PT Kioson Komersial Indonesia Tbk drew strong investor interest for Indonesia’s first ever IPO by a startup, and its shares...
Iraq’s new PM faces Uphill task to stabilise country
Less than one week into the job, Iraq’s intelligence chief turned prime minister has already bagged his first bad guys. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who was...
The Importance of Employee Experience in the Post COVID-19 World
The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled organisations to look at employee experience from a very different perspective. As the shift towards digital transformation continues, there...
Foreign Direct Investment To Latin America and the Caribbean On The Up
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America and the Caribbean rose 8% to reach $151 billion, lifted by the region’s economic recovery, according...
Tesla’s Elon Musk Spearheads Anti-Lockdown Movement
Of course it was going to be Elon Musk. This week, the Tesla chief executive thrust himself to the forefront of America’s anti-lockdown movement...
Investing in Emerging Markets
Emerging markets investments is always volatile market sector but typically, emerging market countries have low to medium per capita income and are beginning to...
How AI can save journalism
Newsrooms need to take advantage of what AI can offer and come up with new a business model.
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic...
Turkey Paying The Price for Erdogan’s Election Call
Late on May 6, Turkey’s election board invalidated the results of a March mayoral election that cost President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party control of...
Integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic
Markets in Africa’s cities are central to the food chain. But many had to close because of COVID-19 measures.
In countries across Africa, the public...
Boeing, China And The Trade War Retaliations With The US
Boeing Co.’s 737 Max woes make it a prime target for China’s trade-war retaliations.
China, responding to increased tariffs imposed by the U.S. last week,...
Why Africa should focus on industrialisation to increase free trade
The African Continental Free Trade Area is a continental agreement which came into force in May 2019. It covers trade in goods and services,...
