August 17, 2021/Edelman Written By Faizal Bhana Director Middle East, Africa and India Jersey Finance  Family-owned businesses in East Africa have been instrumental to the socio-economic development of the region and a catalyst for the growth of the private sector. With a long multi-generational history, their focus has been on […]

August 17, 2021/United Capital Research After over two decades of “dilly-dallying” on one of the most important bills in the country, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. The bill provides a legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework […]

(Photo: Getty Images) August 16, 2021/IMFBlog By Atish Rex Ghosh Fifty years ago, the world changed. On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window,” suspending dollar convertibility. Although it was not Nixon’s intention, this act effectively marked the end of the Bretton Woods system of […]