United You Don’t Stand
From the Editors
The latest news about Israel is again about some on-going land grab. This is not new news. This has been going on...
Cracking the Arab World’s Development Puzzle: Oil or Politics?
By Ibrahim Elbadawi and Hoda Selim
Is the Arab World cursed by its own institutions rather than by oil wealth? These institutions, which have predated...
Where Next for Syria?
By James Denselow
The conflict in Syria has been going on for almost six years and despite events in Aleppo would appear to have the...
Managing Human and Intellectual Capital for Sustaining African Organisations
By Hamid H. Kazeroony, Yvonne du Plessis, Bill Buenar Puplampu
In this article, the authors examine the needs of African organisations for human and intellectual...
The Economy of Dubai
By Raimundo Soto
The success of Dubai in using resource rents for economic development and higher welfare, nevertheless, does not rule out the fact that...
How the Rand Exchange Rate Volatility Affects the South African Economy?
By Matthew Kofi Ocran
While the South African rand has historically been characterised with high volatilities, the recent levels of gyrations of the currency, particularly...
Becoming Better Positioned to Lead the Africa Growth Story
By Zipho Sikhakhane
Africa remains an attractive investment region for the global investor. The businesses that will reap the most benefit from the “Africa rising...
Implications of Islamic Finance in Africa’s Socio-Economic Development
By Basheer Oshodi
Africa, a continent which still feels the scars of slave trade, the wounds of colonialism and apartheid, the disaster of neo-liberalisation, and...
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
Erdoğan’s Coup: Purging Domestic Critics, Gaining External Allies
By James Petras
Faced with enemies and adversaries at home and overseas, Erdoğan decided on a dual strategy of improving his ties abroad, especially his...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
