VIP INTERVIEWS
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Hamzat Ayodele Subair
Nigeria
Executive Chairman, Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS)
“Compliance for people in paid employment, usually called ‘Pay As You Earn,’ is well over 70%.”
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Gustavo Manrique Miranda
Ecuador
President, Soluciones Ambientales Totales (SAMBITO)
“The single-use bag ban is designed to create a balance between supply and demand while also protecting the natural world by requiring that these types of products are created using 70% recycled materials.”
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Hatem Bugshan
Saudi Arabia
President, Education e-Solutions
“With short technology life cycles, knowledge is coming from multi-dimensional aspects in different fields.”
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Alberto Mainieri
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Country Manager, IBM
“IBM’s delivery center operations started in 2004 with a fairly limited scope in business process outsourcing (BPO).”
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Eng. Mohammed A. Al-Mowkley
Saudi Arabia
Deputy Minister, Water Services & CEO National Water Company (NWC)
“International operators and developers have the know-how and experience. International operators and developers have the know-how and experience.”
MUST READS
ENERGY
Focus: Lourenço makes his mark
Death of Sonangol
João Lourenço refuses to slow down in his drive to transform the Angolan economy, its oil industry, and the nation’s crown jewel: Sonangol.
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FINANCE
Focus: Financial technology changing EMs
World Bank + Blockchain
A World Bank blockchain-based bond issuance worth USD80.48 million is expected to set the tone for future development in emerging economies.
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DIPLOMACY
Focus: Philippines & Jordan united against ISIS?
Duterte in Jordan
What deals did President Duterte of the Philippines make in Jordan?
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EDITOR'S PICKS
TOURISM
Focus: Tourism & the Greek Economy
Islands in the Sun
Greece tourism arrivals grew by over 10% in 2017.
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TOURISM
Focus: World Tourism Forum Boosts Ghana Hospitality
Black Star Rising
Ghana has so far struggled to reach the top of visitors’ bucket lists as a holiday destination, but hosting the World Tourism Forum in 2017 went some way to kickstarting its tourism industry.
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ENERGY
Focus: Protests Over Potential Tesla Partner
Lithium Battles
The battle for resources will be as fierce for the green economy as it has been for the hydrocarbon trade.
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ENERGY
Focus: Puerto Rico investment in renewables
A New Hope
Investors have been flocking to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
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ECONOMY
Focus: Fighter jets for a cup of joe
Jakarta-Moscow Barter Arrangement
In a creative response to western sanctions, one on weapons and the other on certain agricultural products, Russia and Indonesia have struck a deal bartering fighter jets for coffee and palm oil.
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DIPLOMACY
Focus: Kenyans vote in tense elections
Cease and Devolve
As voters go to the polls in one of the most contested elections in Kenyan history, much more than half-century old personal rivalries is at stake.
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