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...

Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – a False Flag?

By Peter Koenig On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones – were they drones or long-range missiles? – hit the Saudis most important...

Very special Ks: kamishibais, from “kokusaku” to “kyokan”, ie from war propaganda to sharing...

By Megumi Bailey and Géraldine Enjelvin A centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition is being revived for modern audiences. Meet kamishibai – from kami, meaning paper...
Islamic banking

Turning Vicious Cycle to Virtues of Islamic Banking

By Vita Arumsari and Yunice Karina Tumewang For a country like Indonesia that has the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic banking is moving in...
Trump-Slump

The Trump-Slump and What’s Next

By Graham Vanbergen The global slowdown is on; the who-blinks-first trade war is taking its toll leading to investment anxiety and a slowly crumbling global...

Trump’s Other Wall

By Jack Rasmus Trump brags about the ‘wall of money’ now flowing into the US from abroad–from Europe, Asia, emerging market economies–as the global economy...

Tamago-ya – The Bento King of Tokyo

By Seungjin Whang Tamago-ya (meaning “Egg-shop”) was founded by Isatsugu Sugahara in 1975, as a small mom-and-pop bento (“boxed lunch”) shop. Under the entrepreneurial leadership...

AIMing for Success: The Strengths of the UK’s Junior Market

By Sam Pearse and Ashmi Bhagani Designed primarily for the equity securities of small and medium-sized growth companies that either cannot, or do not want...

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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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