The recent riots over the removal of fuel subsidies should not have surprised Nigerian politicians. The policy to remove the subsidies was good but the delivery was lousy. Nigeria as a relatively poor country cannot afford to subsidise consumption to all and sundry....

2011 has not been a good year for live events as many festivals and carnivals face shrinking audiences and revenues. In Oxfordshire, a highly acclaimed event has gone under the truck and the Cowley Road carnival, with its recurrent funding problems, saw its audience...

The conference was organized by GlobalSA at the Commonwealth centre, London, 10-11 May, to highlight investment and business opportunities in Africa’s transport sector. As conferences go this was a well-attended and productive one. There were a lot of nuts and bolts...

This conference was convened in Oxford on 29-31 March by Oxford University’s Centre for the study of African Economics (CSAE), bringing together leading players in business, academia and government. Professor John Toye, Director of CSAE, Sir Tim Lankester, President...

Meeting date: 12th June 2011, London, UK What a grand occasion was this town hall meeting of the Liberian Diaspora in the Europe, many had travelled far. And in a typical Liberian fashion, decked in their Sunday best, had waited, linked up with old pals and family for...

Olympics 2012 is a once in a lifetime event with significant implications for the south east. The games will generate £2 Billion to the UK economy. It will result in two types of tourism, namely Olympics related tourism involving athletes, officials, sponsors,...