admin | July 1, 2010
Nairobi has made it into the list of the worlds most expensive cities for expatriates, according to a new survey. The continued slide in the Nairobis ranking, experts warn, could make the East Africas hub less attractive to international workers.The cost of living index compiled by Mercer, an international human resource consultancy, has ranked the [...]
admin | June 15, 2010
“Allowing people to take time out to watch football during working hours is simply too costly, untimely, and unfair,” so says Willem Smit, a researcher at the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland.
admin | June 3, 2010
Mining group Xstrata has halted investment worth A$586m in two mines in Queensland, Australia because of the government’s proposed new tax on mining profits (BBC News – Xstrata shelves investment in Australia mining tax row). Xstrata’s move adds to the pressure being exerted by the other mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Lonrho on [...]
admin | June 1, 2010
Africa must ignore the labels of capitalism or socialism and search for the right mix of policies that will change the fortunes of the continent. The Leaders must recognise that poverty is like the chain that holds back, indeed drags back, all the development efforts. The continent must recognise that chaining the enormous talent and ingenuity of a large percentage of their population and wasting the young minds of their children is a recipe for the continuation of the broken promises of the past.
