Although the potentially lucrative nature of the floriculture industry has long been beyond dispute, its vulnerability to circumstance is notorious. Based around the sale of a nonstaple, perishable agricultural good, bad weather, delays in transportation or dissipating demand for luxury items in market destinations can quickly throw the industry into turmoil. More...

Commentators have lined up for decades to argue that the lack of basic infrastructure is the biggest impediment to economic development in Africa. The lack of suitable buildings, transport links and power and water supplies in most parts of the continent makes it virtually impossible for the emergence of modern economies. This may have been the case in the past but now there is unprecedented urgency in most parts of Africa to tackle the infrastucture shortfall headfirst. More...

In many Western countries where Africans and people of African origin form a significant proportion of immigrants, there is a myth that they are fit only for lowly jobs or that they cannot succeed in business. *Kwaku’s research reveals that there have been successful African entrepreneurs in Britain going back 200 years. He provides a few examples. More...