‘Curb the excesses of the buyout barons’, say peers from both parties
Lord Sikka is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex…
Covid-19 vaccines burnt as shelf-life complicates global rollout
Inefficiencies in the global distribution of vaccines and the relatively short shelf-life…
Lessons for Big Tech from the ‘anti-social’ photo app
Just over 1,440 days ago, I installed a new photo-sharing app. Last…
School’s out for Myanmar students defying junta threats
Yangon, Myanmar – Schools in Myanmar will open on Tuesday for the…
Djibouti’s port dream to become the ‘Singapore of Africa’
On a sultry spring afternoon, the chief executive of Djibouti’s main container…
Investors’ interest falters on lack of ‘bankable’ African projects
As the developed world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, investors are hungry…
Wanted: funding models that deal with Africa’s infrastructure paradoxes
On the Mbei river, about 85km east of the Gabonese capital of…
Africa races to establish better high-speed connections
Behind the scenes of its ancient quays, container seaport and pastis sellers,…
The pieces still missing in Africa’s power puzzle
From the construction in Ethiopia of the world’s 10th-largest hydropower dam to…
Two Ethiopian projects show ‘railpolitik’ in action
A decade ago, when Ethiopia’s late leader Meles Zenawi was planning 5,000km…