African Internet: Tech giants vie for market leadership
“It’s like a drug pusher giving you a small amount and saying: ‘If you want more, you have to come and buy it’,” Africa Internet access specialist Mike Jensen said.
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Cannon Asset Managers: Making cents of crazy stupid love
Cannon Asset Managers try to make cents of Americans’ love for gambling, and the State-of-the-Nation foray’s effect on the Rand.
The U.S. economy is strong, but is it strong enough to power the world?
For the world economy, it’s a case of U.S. and them. That was the conclusion of investors, executives and policy makers ending their annual trip to Davos.
Davos Stars: Sheryl Sandberg – One of the most powerful women in business
Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, is the closest thing to a real-life comic-book corporate superhero
5 reasons to be optimistic about Africa
It is impossible not to have strong views when it comes to the debate on Africa’s rise: despite solid economic growth and progress in poverty alleviation, people’s views on the region’s outlook remain stubbornly polarised.
WEF 2015: Five reasons to be optimistic about Africa
It is impossible not to have strong views when it comes to the debate on Africa’s rise: despite solid economic growth and progress in poverty alleviation, people’s views on the region’s outlook remain stubbornly polarised.
Davos Stars: Marissa Mayer – American ballet dancer, and artificial intelligence whizzkid
Look at her now, and it’s hard to believe Yahoo CEO and President Marissa Mayer was painfully shy as a child.
How Wal-Mart made its crumbling China business look so good for so long
Wal-Mart’s fascinating tale of accounting gymnastics and skulduggery. This reads like the handbook to all the tricks you can employ if you’d like to fiddle your numbers.
India’s Two-Speed Economy
India’s growth rate has been strikingly uneven over the last decade, plunging from over 9 percent in the boom years between 2004 and 2007 to below 5 percent between 2012 and 2014.
Samsung Electronics sees squeeze in African growth as economy slows
Samsung Electronics expects high single-digit revenue growth in 2014, compared with the 50 to 60 percent annual expansion of the last few years, as the global economic malaise trickles down to the continent.