By Strive Masiyiwa                                          and Richard Branson Despite impressive economic development in recent years, Africa still lags far behind on e

From Fawaz’s home in a makeshift refugee camp just across the border from Syria, where he lives with his now-displaced family, one danger has been traded for another.“There are no schools. There is no education. My children have no toys.

India has lately been pursuing an ambitious goal: a cashless economy.Despite early missteps and frustrations, it will turn out to be a change for the better for the country’s 1.31 billion people.Africa should set a similar goal — and take the first step by establishing a monetary

The past few decades have brought incredible progress for women and children’s health.Since 1990, preventable child deaths have declined by 50 per cent, and maternal mortality has fallen by 45 per cent.

As Britain focuses on what its relationship with the European Union might look like once it leaves the bloc, sometime during 2019, the rest of the world is already girding for the post-Brexit era.For many African countries in particular, preparing for the inevitable divorce is no

In the two decades from 1979 to 1999, the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States drifted downward, from 19 million to 17 million.But over the next decade, between 1999 and 2009, the number plummeted to 12 million.That more dramatic decline has given rise to the idea th

Four years ago, the deadly collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh pulled back the curtain on the employment practices of the global apparel industry.We had hoped that the tragedy, which killed more than 1,100 workers — the deadliest accident in the industry’s hi

Recently, the Chinese government tightened its grip on the renminbi’s exchange rate.China has now effectively reneged on a promise it made 18 months ago, when it lobbied its way into the basket of currencies that determines the value of the International Monetary Fund’s synthetic

With Helmut Kohl’s death, “the largest figure on the continent of Europe for decades”, as Bill Clinton described the former German chancellor, has left us.Kohl possessed most of the talents of a successful politician: ambition, ruthlessness, tenacity, tactical skills and a sense