Nov 15, 2023 01:44 am UTC| Economy
To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict and violence and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? This is a hotly debated issue. Most international institutions such as...
Generational tensions flare as Japan faces the economic reality of its ageing baby boomers
Nov 15, 2023 01:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In 2024, the youngest of Japans baby boomers will turn 75. The boomers are called the bunched generation in Japan because they were born in a short spurt in the late 1940s, in the aftermath of the end of the second world...
Nov 13, 2023 12:23 pm UTC| Economy
When this years United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course correction. Seven years ago, nearly every country worldwide signed onto the Paris climate agreement....
Shareholder activists can inadvertently raise CEO pay
Nov 13, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Economy Investing
Activist investors or shareholders can be a powerful force in the corporate world, capable of driving significant change within companies. Their influence can be a force for good. It can extend beyond financial decisions...
Africa-US trade: Agoa deal expires in 2025 - an expert unpacks what it's achieved in 23 years
Nov 13, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Economy
African governments are seeking an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) beyond 2025. The law was enacted in 2000 to encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan...
Concrete versus asphalt for Nigeria's roads: which is better?
Nov 10, 2023 14:44 pm UTC| Economy
Nigerias new works minister, David Umahi, is pushing for the use of rigid pavement in road construction, as against the flexible pavement predominantly in use. This, as the minister noted, is due to the precarious state of...
Nov 10, 2023 14:39 pm UTC| Economy
For the past 16 years South Africans have dreaded rolling power cuts euphemistically dubbed loadshedding. These are caused by the ailing state power entity Eskoms crumbling infrastructure and its over-reliance on ageing...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects