Leadership for the Africa we Want – Kigali, May 2014
Sponsored by the African Development Bank. Shorter version focussing on points made by Thabo Mbeki and Benjamin Mkapa:- My CommentsContinue Reading
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Corporate Deadbeats: How Companies Get Rich Off Of Taxes
That’s the extraordinary deal Congress gives many big American companies now sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars of what are, essentially, interest-free loans. Apple and GE owe at least $36 billion in taxes on profits being held tax-free offshore, Microsoft nearly $27 billion and Pfizer $24 billion, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonprofit organization respected for the integrity of its numbers even by groups that dislike its progressive perspective.
Con Artists: Deception, deception and more deception
The typical con artist of the 21st Century is a puppet organisation whose employees have important sounding job titles, wearContinue Reading
OECD Forum on Africa focuses on turning uneven economic growth into shared and sustainable economic transformation
…It was a day of many harsh truths: “Africa’s 5, 6, 7% growth is all very well, but ChinaContinue Reading
Ahmed Dassu Letter to President Joyce Banda
On Jun 7, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Ahmed Dassu wrote: Excellency I refer to your response to my request forContinue Reading
African Queens: the catty spats inflicting havoc on Africa’s first two female presidents
If you thought the verbal missiles flying between the Malawian President Joyce Banda and several prominent women in Malawi (SeodiContinue Reading
Global 100 Voices: No 4
My next guest is a good friend and a brother who I have known for many years. Based in London,Continue Reading
