China Breaks the Western Debt Stranglehold on the World

By Peter Koenig The west has colonized, exploited, ravaged and assassinated the people of the Global South for hundreds of years. Up to the mid-20th...

Bolivia – A Color Revolution – or a New Surge for Latin American Independence?

By Peter Koenig Like Túpac Katari, indigenous Aymara leader more than 200 years ago, confronting the Spaniards, Evo Morales was betrayed and ‘dismembered’ by his...

Great Britain Heads To The Polls To Break Brexit Deadlock

It feels like the Brexit impasse in Great Britain has been going on for years, and in some ways, it has. It's been more...

Who regulates the regulator?

By Philip Sinel How did we get to a position where, for more than a decade, banks got away with aggressively selling 'ineffective and inefficient'...

Overlooked Strategies for Surviving the US-China Trade War

By Dan Prud’homme and Mark Cohen The trade war between the US and China has escalated to a point far beyond the expectations of many....

Lessons on Smart Cities from Post-Earthquake Japan

By Shojiro Nakamura and Hiroyuki Okabe A crisis can also reveal new pathways of opportunity. More than eight years ago, what is called the Great East...

DIFC Strengthens Commitment in Driving Growth in MEASA

DIFC Ranked 8th in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) Known to have a 15-year track record of facilitating trade and investment flows across the MEASA...

Sustaining the African Middle Class: Leveraging Green Technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Camaren Peter Africa’s rapid urbanisation, steady economic growth and growing – but precarious – middle class is cause for optimism, yet critical developmental challenges...

Identifying key drivers to help transform African agriculture

By Mills Soko The Green Revolution propelled India from a country plagued by famine and drought to the top wheat-producer in the world. It helped...

Argentina & the next Global Financial Crisis

By Jack Rasmus Since Macri took the office the Argentina president on 2015, inflation has accelerated and chronic job loss was reported. Despite the record...

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CFO's new mandate. CFO explaining the presentation

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...

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