Many African states at independence wanted to be popular with the African masses. They, as a result, came up with many development projects than what the local resources could finance. The option was to supplement the local capital base with foreign capital. In the more recent past, the cold war...

A recent study (2010) on MBA programmes in the US revealed something that many academics have been saying without any attention from those whose task is to design programmes in tertiary institutions. In their thought-provoking examination of the curriculums of the most prestigious business...

During the last half century, the economic performance of the developing world has been far from uniform. Developing countries were polarised into those that made great progress in catching up and those that were mired in stagnation. Many African countries belong to the second group. Therefore,...

African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus pandemic. Yet, as the cases rise and governments rightfully take the necessary measures to slow the spread of the virus, the continent is likely to face widespread economic fallout as business slows to a near halt....

The Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (SRISE) (2009) proposes a three-pronged definition of fragile states as the one that lacks authority (authority failure), fail to provide services (service entitlement failure) or lack legitimacy (legitimacy failure). While with...

Across the world, women are discriminated because of their gender. Gender inequality manifests itself particularly clearly in the lack of women’s access to and control over resources, including land, economic opportunities and full legal and political rights. While at the same time and in...

It is known that an important point in good governance is the responsiveness of policies and public institutions to the needs of all citizens. Therefore, policies and institutions must represent the interests of women and men and promote equal access to resources, rights, and voice. The question...

Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to explain the contribution of African Diaspora in increasing delocalized investments from developed countries to Africa.Methodology: A thorough literature review will be conducted of successful contribution of Diaspora in the promotion of delocalized...

In today's marketplace, it's much too risky to rely on the company gut for decision-making. Lean banking data analysis is an evidence-based solution that provides any innovative organization with a new view of organizational challenges with the objective to improve efficiency and data quality,...

The process of entrepreneurship is often categorized as opportunity or necessity driven. While the former represents a profitable opportunity as perceived by a potential entrepreneur, the latter in the contrary is associated with entrepreneurship as a last resort, because of any impossibility of...