Namibia, Rwanda and Botswana have made the top 50 of a new global entrepreneurship index, coming out ahead of other African nations traditionally viewed as being more prosperous, such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa or Western countries like Italy and Greece. The inaugural Ashish J. Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index ranked the three countries […]
African term limits – just how long is too long?
In a television address to his people on January 1, Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced his intention to stand for a third presidential term in 2017. Kagame’s move came as no surprise, since Rwandans overwhelming approved constitutional changes in December that would allow the sitting president to run for three more terms (a seven-year term […]