The Africa Report just published their list of top-500 African companies. This ranking is based on turnover (2014 data), and it includes companies operating in Africa whether they are homegrown or multinational affiliates. Some highlights (refer to the tables below): Top-10 companies in Africa: There hasn’t been much variation relative to last year: Sanlam, a…

The current cold spell in New York is due to a "wobbly" Polar Vortex and may also be evidence of slowly warming world which is making the weather weird.

Have you ever experienced driving to your workplace and actually not remembering how you got there? I guess that might be a pretty common phenomenon, given that most of the time (experienced) drivers are planning for their day, having a conversation with someone, or engage in problem-solving while being on the road. Even without an…

While the importance of institutions and governance in Africa fostering development is often given front page, I beg to differ. For me, this is a highly theoretical debate which only results in slow – and few – practical changes at ground level. Real institutional change happens with small innovations – and here is where my…