Words matter most because they link actions to consequences. They remind, record and persuade humans to act consequentially. As such they preserve and magnify all […]
Most Africans suffer poverty and inequality in various different forms, including income and employment, geography, age and gender. The gender dimension is particularly significant, with […]
Looking at the statistics behind the claims Africa’s share of global trade has not changed significantly in twenty years – from around 2.4% or thereabouts […]
Cote d’Ivoire is by some accounts one of Africa’s best performing economies, with a reported GDP of 7.4% in 2018. It seems to do well […]
Words are the most misunderstood part of that crowded, undisciplined and noisy group of ill-fitting elements that together make up what we call communications. In […]
Africa’s fast-growing markets should be producing far more commercial opportunities for its businesses and yielding far more jobs for its people, but they are not. […]
The ‘Green Revolution’ that transformed agricultural production in Asia and Latin America in the 1960s was driven by two main factors. First, technology and innovation. […]
Neither Oxfam or the USA appear keen to see Rwanda start up a garment business. Here’s why… What do you think happens to the used […]
Poverty in Africa is passed inevitably down through the generations, even more assuredly than is private wealth. Most Africans are hopelessly poor, conditioned by location, […]
I get so bored with conference calls. I don’t actually want to get bored, but there’s something about the format of the conference call that […]