As bytes replace dollars, euros and renminbi, some changes will be welcome; others may not.
Money has transformed human society, enabling commerce and trade even between widely dispersed geographic locations. It allows the transfer of wealth and resources across space and over time. But for much of human history, it...
Home to about 1.4 billion people, approximately a quarter of Africa’s population is impoverished – a staggering 460 million people in the region are living below the extreme poverty line of US$1.90 a day in 2022, an egregious situation that has characterised Africa as poverty-stricken. But the truth is that Africa is not poor – the...
Full text of IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa & Middle East, Mr Kamil Alwadhi,address at the Aviation Africa 2022 Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
That we are gathered here today is a testament to the resilience of our industry and recognition of the vital importance of air connectivity that our societies, economies...
Are successful business people more like heroes or villains? In fictional accounts, one can find plenty of examples of each, from Charles Dickens’s miserly Ebenezer Scrooge to Ayn Rand’s rugged individualist entrepreneur John Galt. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan represents privileged old money, with its...
“A proverb is the mirror of the community.” – African proverb
The search for trust no doubt counts among the best and most wonderful qualities sought in our long search for a better world. We know, to the point where it has almost become instinctual, that for any honourable human...
We are going to have to begin these next chapters of the series from the 19th century. By that period, the British—after centuries of battles and quarrels with fellow Europeans like the Portuguese, the Dutch, Danes, and Swedes—had successfully laid full claim over the Gold Coast. The country was...
The Chinese Hot and Sour Soup is a traditional Northern Chinese dish usually meat-based, served warm and packed with the goodness of healthy veggies, vitamins and minerals that can benefit your overall well-being in many ways, such as increasing the strength of your body. Eating this soup can also help...
Ghana is currently facing what may arguably be her worst economic crisis in the 4th Republic against the construct of a challenging global environment of a strong US dollar, inflation, supply chain disruptions, interest rate hikes to fight global inflation, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Using the official Bank of...
At the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress last month, the country’s one-man rule under Xi Jinping became fully entrenched. Though communist China has never been a democracy, its post-Mao leaders kept their ears to the ground, paid attention to voices from below, and thus were able to...
Population aging is the top global demographic trend; the pandemic can teach us how to prepare for it
Total world population passed the 8 billion milestone on November 15, 2022. The progression from 7 to 8 billion people took a mere 12 years, conjuring up long-standing fears associated with rapid...