How Nigerians beat bitcoin scams
TIM MCDONNELLJanuary 22, 2018
Depending on your feelings about Bitcoin, it may seem appropriate that Nigeria’s love for the cryptocurrency began with a scam.
Women and the global workforce
Paul HsiaoJanuary 17, 2018
The economic empowerment of women is one of the biggest revolutions of the century. This transformation is one both with and without
Let’s wrench power back from the billionaires
Bernie SandersJanuary 15, 2018
If we stand together against powerful special interests we can eliminate poverty, increase life expectancy and tackle climate change
Pressure rising on OPEC to develop long-term output plan
Robin MillsJanuary 15, 2018
The battle between OPEC and shale oil producers can be characterized as a two-round fight. In the first round, shale producers gained
The next frontier for insurtech is reinventing insurance itself
Toby CoppelJanuary 8, 2018
In 2015, when I first invested in an insurance technology startup, the term “insurtech” hadn’t been coined, and the explosion of
Emerging technologies as new revenue opportunities for African Telcos
Mariam AbdullahiJanuary 8, 2018
Although Africa’s largest telecoms operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, it is public knowledge that
Wi-Fi but no water: Can smart tech help a city’s poor?
Businessam StaffJanuary 5, 2018
In the picturesque Barcelona district of El Born, residents can get a better night’s sleep nowadays because garbage trucks pass only
Digital advertising is ripe for blockchain disruption
Businessam StaffDecember 21, 2017
The word “disrupter” has a negative connotation: troublemaker, nuisance, agitator. As students, we learned to be obedient
A financial crisis in 2018? The danger signs are starting to emerge
Neil MacKinnonDecember 17, 2017
It is 10 years since the last financial crisis, and it has taken that long for normality to return. For the first time since the
Changing utility business models and electricity investment in Europe
Michael Waldron and Yoko NobuokaDecember 15, 2017
The traditional utility business model of selling electricity from large-scale thermal power plants and expanding grids to meet rising