Egypt is on the brink of a financial and economic abyss. The portfolio inflows that fuelled its sovereign debt market have dried up, repeated currency devaluations have driven the Egyptian pound off a cliff, and inflation is at 21% following the rapid erosion of the country’s foreign-exchange reserves.
After initially...
Tax constitutes by far the most secure, convenient and reliable means by which governments around the world raise money to finance public expenditures. And for centuries, governments have relied on tax revenues to finance expenditure items such as the payment of public sector compensation, healthcare, security, roads, education and...
…the story behind ‘Your Kitchen’
A renowned writer and theologian, Henri Nouwen, once said: “University has become a place that prepares you for the fights in the world”. One of the many people whose story resonates with this is Patrick Emery Sevor, the founder of ‘Your Kitchen’, a catering services...
…identify the main pillars and harmonise them for the mutual good (2)
As is the case with any change management process, the building blocks required in the journey to the ‘Promised Land’ must be clear and concise. The execution process must be preceded by careful steps to identify why the...
Today, digitalisation has fostered instant communication and helped facilitate speedy research, development and distribution of vaccines, demonstrating its importance to future pharma. Electronic prescriptions, telemedicine, remote monitoring for in-patient and geriatric care, wearables, and at-home testing kits are just a few of the ways tech is transforming healthcare.
Africa has...
There are many conversations that we have in the day, we have conversations with our spouses, we have conversations with our parents, siblings, teachers, lawyers, colleagues – the list is endless. There are various people that we have various conversations with, but one of the most important conversations that...
Will the affordable housing dream ever materialise in Ghana where several attempts to build affordable housing units for citizens of the state failed for decades? The evidence is so glaring as we keep recording huge housing and infrastructure deficits at every population census conducted since independence. The Ghana Population...
What actions can African countries, healthcare providers and healthcare organisations take to improve the provision of health services to the continent's 1.4 billion citizens?
Africa faces the dual challenge of poor healthcare systems and a high burden of diseases, especially among poorer communities. According to a McKinsey report, the continent...
One of the strategies of most tax organisations - including OECD, ATAF, WATAF and Oxfam - has been to proffer best practices for reducing tax evasion and abuse of tax incentives to the barest minimum. This has necessitated most of these organisations to offer technical support to countries -...