With a fortune estimated at $940m, Baba Ahmadou Danpullo is ranked number one on Forbes Afrique’s rankings – the French edition of the US magazine. Danpullo is a discreet man, avoiding the media and ...

From fine art and rare whisky to watches and wine, luxury collectibles are increasingly being treated as serious portfolio ...

The World Finance Deals of the Year celebrates the transactions that have defined the past twelve months in global finance. From transformative mergers and acquisitions to innovative capital market ...

Cotton plants ready for harvest. Seed giant Monsanto supplies genetically modified Bt cotton seeds to India, but is threatening to withdraw from the market Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed producer, ...

Refugee camps have to be constructed quickly when a humanitarian crisis hits. Nevertheless, they sometimes last for decades, evolving from makeshift shantytowns into full-scale urban developments Ifo ...

The story of Flor de Caña began back in 1875, when Alfredo Francisco Pellas Canessa, a young Italian visionary, decided to travel to the exotic and tropical country of Nicaragua in search of adventure ...

Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

Since time immemorial, alcohol has been a part of the social fabric of human life on earth. The earliest evidence of intentional alcohol production stems back to 7,000BC, from fermented residues found ...

Until last September, few people beyond the close-knit world of pension asset managers had heard of ‘liability-driven investment’ (LDI), a trading strategy deployed by many pension funds. When the ...

The forex landscape has faced another year of complex challenges, from fluctuating interest rate environments and evolving regulatory demands to heightened market volatility and changing client ...

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep ...

On election night in November 2024, the US crypto industry enjoyed a rare moment of euphoria, with investors celebrating the arrival of the first truly crypto-friendly administration in American ...