Kuwait’s upstream oil activities and crude oil exports are the central pillars of the country’s economy. In recent years the government has embarked upon an economic diversification drive to reduce ...

With global geopolitical instability elevating the threat of cyberattacks against businesses and government agencies, the six countries of the GCC are rapidly building more robust and comprehensive ...

Ghana’s tourism sector is playing an increasingly important role in the country’s development, contributing to both economic growth and job creation. The results of the World Economic Forum’s “Travel ...

A strong ICT ecosystem provides the foundation for an efficient modern economy, significantly enhancing business procedures, public services and job creation. With this in mind, Nigeria’s government ...

COP26 has focused the world’s attention on the need for a more sustainable economic model that ensures profits and growth are not achieved at the expense of ecological health and social well-being.

Agriculture remains a linchpin of Nigeria’s economy, contributing nearly 25% to GDP and employing 70% of the country’s workforce. To leverage its arable land and favourable climate, and reverse its ...

Access to power remains one of Nigeria’s chief economic and social issues, with about 90m citizens lacking access to electricity, while the World Bank estimates per capita usage is lower in just eight ...

Since assuming power in January 2017 the administration of President Nana Akufo-Addo has moved to rein in fiscal spending, industrialise rural regions and improve the business environment in order to ...

With the completion of two undersea fibre-optic cable projects due in the near term, Papua New Guinea’s ICT industry is on the cusp of significant change. The new infrastructure should bring down ...

In addition to being a major source of foreign exchange, the agriculture sector accounts for a significant portion of the country’s employment, as an estimated 75% of the rural population worked in ...

Egypt has turned its oil and gas industry around in the years since 2015: heavy investment in this industry now places Egypt in an advantageous position to capitalise on the resurgence of global ...

In this Global Platform video, Oxford Business Group speaks with Mohannad Basodan, CEO, National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP); and Salman Badr, Executive Vice President for Infrastructure ...