Above-board corporate behavior in the UK does not guarantee ethical conduct elsewhere. In its annual Good Governance report, the Institute of Directors (IoD) assesses the United Kingdom’s largest listed companies against indicators that include...
Internet access has long been recognized as essential to breaking down the digital divide that separates the global haves and have-nots. According to some, the promise of the so-called fourth industrial revolution in Africa is nearly boundless. With...
There seems to be no good reason to justify Chad’s inclusion in the Trump administration’s new travel ban. Chad is the latest victim of Western politics that threatens to weaken the already vulnerable African state at the expense of its...
Nigeria’s bad roads are responsible for a disproportionate amount of deaths across Africa. In Lagos, the potholes I encounter every day are scary. Far too scary for anyone to ignore, and yet the government turns a blind eye to a problem...
Kenya needs stronger legal and informal frameworks to enable the proper functioning of its institutions. In their book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, Daron Acemoglu and David Robinson infer a fundamental minimum...
