Despite the economic growth seen by many African economies in recent years and the attention they have received by multinational corporations and investors, the continent is still home to some of the most difficult business environments in the world. In fact, according to the rankings of the World Bank and IFC’s 2014 global Doing Business …
Jacqueline Musiitwa is the founder and managing partner of the Hoja Law Group, a firm started in 2008 that advises on commercial, political and intellectual property law for companies doing business in Africa. The firm has offices in New York and Kigali and primarily focuses on markets in eastern and southern Africa. In addition to …
THE ECONOMIST ran an editorial recently arguing that "the World Bank’s focus on gay rights is misguided" ("Right cause, wrong battle", April 12th). We received a lot of letters on the subject, some of which appear in this week’s issue. The following letter is from some of the gay activists who attended the meeting to …
April 24 — On this episode of African Business Weekly Eleni Giokos speaks to scenario planner Clem Sunter about the possible outcomes of the upcoming elections in South Africa. We’re at the Rift Valley ICT Summit in Dar es Salaam to find out how technology is changing East Africa and Wale Shonibare, Managing Director of …
TEN YEARS AGO, BISI ALIMI CAME OUT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION IN NIGERIA. HE SAYS THE MOVE ALIENATED HIM FROM HIS FAMILY AND FORCED HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Now we'd like to go back to …