Thanks to impressive GDP growth and a successful recapitalisation drive by the central bank, Ghana is now poised for a banking revolution ...

Ooredoo is one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies, with over 164 million customers across 12 countries. Hilal Mohammed Al Khulaifi if Ooredoo’s Group Chief Legal, Regulatory ...

Perhaps more than any other, the Vatican Bank should be expected to maintain the highest of moral standards in the way it conducts its business. However, despite its saintly links, the bank that acts ...

In 1956, consumer retail was revolutionised. The Southdale Centre in Edina, Minnesota was the first of its kind: a large, spacious building filled with modern shops and public art. Its ...

Argentina’s new president faces a formidable task in fixing his country’s economy. Tom Bailey takes a look at exactly how the South American nation found itself in its current condition Supporters of ...

With an abundance of resources and a growing trade economy, Africa needs ports, planes and infrastructure. Countries like Nigeria, the continent’s tiger-economy – leaping forward thanks to its ...

There is growing dissatisfaction with free trade policies in the US; Increasingly, the country’s politicians seem to be taking a protectionist bent The US was once a champion of global free trade.

Brazil’s richest man is relatively unknown outside of his home nation – for now. Elizabeth Matsangou takes a look at the fascinating career of Jorge Paulo Lemann, and how he has become a corporate ...

In the event of economic crisis, a country’s banking system is saved at all costs. When Iceland made the decision to go against the grain and let its banks fail, no one could have predicted the ...

Financial scandal, it would appear, has really taken off since the crisis took hold a half decade ago, with financial fraudsters racking up billions of dollars worth of illegitimate gains and so often ...

Marriage is an expensive affair. However, long-term, married couples enjoy significant financial advantages – as long as they don’t get divorced While marriage has changed a great deal in the last ...

When it was first introduced, many lauded microfinance as the solution to worldwide poverty. While that has proven not to be the case, the model does offer a step in the right direction Microfinance ...