The Business Year: Nigeria 2021/22 analyzes the main challenges faced by the West African economy as a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and how innovation, new ideas and solutions, diversification, and, above all, the country's resilience are helping Nigeria move forward with a positive economic outlook. In this 114-page edition, which features interviews with top business leaders from across the economy, as well as news and analysis, we cover: finance, green economy, energy, industry, agriculture, ICT, transport, real estate, construction, and transport.

Oman, for some time, has been a nation on the move. An integral part of the GCC, it is also seeking to extend its influence further afield via the development of port infrastructure that is set to make it a firm fixture on the East-West transport route. But Oman isn't developing unguided, instead sticking faithfully to Vision 2040, a wide-ranging, ambitious blueprint that foresees the development of a diverse, sustainable economy unshackled by a reliance on oil and gas, which currently plagues much of the region. In this edition, which features interviews with top business leaders from across the economy, as well as news and analysis, we cover: diplomacy, finance, Vision 2040, 4th Industrial Revolution, digital innovation, sustainability, logistics, real estate, agribusiness, and tourism and retail.

In this edition, which features interviews with top business leaders from across the economy, as well as news and analysis, we cover: green economy, energy, finance, industry, agriculture, ICT, transport and logistics, construction, real estate, health, education, and tourism.

The Business Year: Angola 2022 was produced with the support of the Agency for Private In-vestment and Export Promotion (AIPEX), the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA), and the Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries, and features interviews with dozens of top decisionmakers from every major sector of the economy, including a special focus on two areas tipped for growth; industry and agriculture.

Angola’s economy stood at the crossroads of transformation throughout 2023, with officials confronting the challenges that have swept the globe of late, including inflationary pressure, while attempting to draw up plans for more sustainable development. The country’s fortunes remain tightly intwined with those of the oil and gas sector, which continues to represent a sizeable portion of GDP. This renders the country susceptible to the undulations of global oil prices, something that will need to change longer term. It is against this backdrop that we teamed up with AIPEX and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA) to produce this 170-page publication featuring interviews with business leaders from every major sector of the economy, as well as a range of articles and analysis.

In Ethereum for Business, Paul Brody provides a plain English guide to doing business on the world's largest blockchain. The book covers an overview of Ethereum, business applications on Ethereum, and various advanced topics. Including case studies and examples from the world of Ethereum, Ethereum for Business is readable both linearly and by dipping in and out of chapters. The book is aimed at business executives who want to understand the potential of blockchain for solving real-world business problems, and readers with technical knowledge who want to understand the business use cases. Ethereum for Business covers topics such as data quality, efficiency, and decentralization in digital marketplaces, wallets, tokens, and smart contracts, privacy, scalability, supply chain management, trade finance, payments and asset transfers, and tokenomics. Brody argues that blockchain technology, particularly Ethereum, can transform the world of enterprise computing by enabling companies to model and manage assets, real or digital, that exist off-chain. The result is a guide for implementation that contains key success metrics for enterprises considering blockchain-based solutions.

Cybersecurity threats have become ubiquitous and continue to topple every facet of the digital realm as they are a problem for anyone with a gadget or hardware device. However, there are some actions and safeguards that can assist in avoiding these threats and challenges; further study must be done to ensure businesses and users are aware of the current best practices. Cybersecurity Issues, Challenges, and Solutions in the Business World considers cybersecurity innovation alongside the methods and strategies for its joining with the business industry and discusses pertinent application zones such as smart city, e-social insurance, shrewd travel, and more. Covering key topics such as blockchain, data mining, privacy, security issues, and social media, this reference work is ideal for security analysts, forensics experts, business owners, computer scientists, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

This book analyses the complex relationship between the private sector, UK official development assistance (ODA) and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, the private sector has occupied an increasingly prominent position within UK ODA, bringing a range of opportunities and conflicting interests. This book first traces the trajectory of private sector engagement in ODA, before setting out the theoretical and analytical framework for analysing the mutual prosperity agenda in UK ODA – the notion that ODA can benefit both donor and beneficiary country interests. By extending corporate social responsibility theory (in the emerging field of business and development studies) to ODA, the book critiques the underlying assumptions contained within UK ODA-multinational corporation partnerships. With reference to three case studies GlaxoSmithKline plc., Barclays plc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev (formerly SABMiller), the book identifies where the activities of multinational corporations support and/or undermine ODA goals and the implications for the UK’s mutual prosperity agenda. Overall, the book reflects a pragmatic approach to maximising the role of private sector actors in ODA, whilst also drawing attention to the opportunities and challenges in the mutual prosperity agenda. The book will be of interest to researchers from business management, development studies and political science, as well as to practitioners with an interest in the role of the private sector in ODA.

Offering invaluable insights into technologically-driven change in Africa, this incisive book envisions myriad positive economic changes brought about by new technologies and innovations. Rooted in original research from contributors who have worked and taught in Africa, it encapsulates developments and breakthroughs throughout the continent.

This 26-page publication, featuring a range of interviews and analysis, places Nigeria's Oyo State under the spotlight. Since entering office as Oyo State's Executive Governor in May 2019, Engr Seyi Makinde has been the subject of many political conversations and has established a reputation as a respectable and ambitious politician who has big dreams for his state and who is passionate about improving the life of its people. Leveraging on our status as a leading international media platform and on our vast track record of special reports globally, we partnered with Makinde and his team to compile an extensive special report on Oyo State, shedding light on the investment opportunities in the economy's key sectors, the ongoing projects enhancing the investment profile of the state, and the current administration's vision to make this region the fastest-growing economy in Nigeria.