How Europe’s panic over migration, terrorism is a big opportunity for Africa
Elissa Jobson
November 29, 2017
Video footage of African migrants detained on their way to Europe being sold as slaves in Libya has provoked outrage and dismay in
California’s marijuana industry may be in deep trouble
Sean Williams
November 29, 2017
Among states that have legalised recreational marijuana, none is more vital to the success of the pro-legalization movement, or to the
Business schools have a role to play in fighting corruption in Africa
The Conversation
November 28, 2017
In 2002, the African Union reported that Africa lost about USD$148 billion through corruption every year. This represented 25% of the
Macron’s Africa tour: security, business and new French-African ties?
Businessam Staff
November 28, 2017
Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day tour of Africa Tuesday which will take him to Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. The French
Cryptocurrencies don’t belong in central banks
Tyler Cowen for Bloomberg
November 24, 2017
Should central banks embrace cryptocurrencies, or even pioneer their own? In a nutshell, no. Crypto assets are an unusual innovation,
Putin crowns himself OPEC king
Bloomberg
November 24, 2017
For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister could move markets with a few choice words about what OPEC may decide at its
Blockchain makes the world interested in finance’s dullest parts
Businessam Staff
November 22, 2017
Am I too mean to the idea of closed trusted blockchains run by consortia of banks? Really this is a perfectly heartwarming story: The
What the fall of Mugabe means
Businessam Staff
November 16, 2017
By Howard Chua-Eoan As a rebel, revolutionary, Machiavellian manipulator, and supreme leader, Robert Mugabe has been the face of
African economic growth rides on wireless rails
Businessam Staff
November 13, 2017
By Matthew A. Winkler *A telecommunications boom is lifting an industry and a continent. In Kenya, hundreds of thousands of people are
U.S. crude oil exports to Asia soar, complicating OPEC’s efforts: Russell
Businessam Staff
November 13, 2017
By Clyde Russell U.S. crude oil is flooding into Asia, and may continue to do so as the arbitrage window that was initially created by