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Corporate risk management will include social media

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INT

Like public companies that became 'meme stocks' over the past two years, banks are learning that social media is now a matter of risk management more than marketing. Few but the…

South African SOE reforms unlikely under Zuma

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SOUTH AFRICA

Outlook for South Africa's state-owned enterprises.

US corporate duty of care faces reappraisal

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UNITED STATES

With the advent of President Joe Biden's administration, the country's experience with COVID-19 is becoming part of a new debate over whether healthcare should be a public good…

Petrobras fallout has widening impact in Brazil

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BRAZIL

State-controlled oil company Petrobras's CEO, Maria das Gracas Foster, and five senior executives resigned on February 4 in the wake of the so called 'Carwash' corruption…

Algeria's energy sector will grow

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ALGERIA

The energy sector underperforms its potential owing to chronic leadership instability, endemic corruption and stifling bureaucracy. Despite this, Algeria has experienced a…

African electoral bodies will struggle to gain trust

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AFRICA

African electoral commissions.

Colombian coffee boost presents opportunity for reform

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COLOMBIA

A recent boost for Colombian coffee could provide space for much-needed reform.

Wage talks aggravate South Africa’s Eskom reform woes

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SOUTH AFRICA

The contest over wages is a proxy for unions’ broader resistance to the turnaround plan to address Eskom’s parlous financial and operational situation. The outcome will affect…

Mexican banks face good year despite slower GDP growth

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MEXICO

The most high-profile news to come out of the sector in 2022 was Citigroup’s decision in January to sell its local retail operations, a process that is still ongoing.

Politics will undermine Algerian economic policy

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ALGERIA

The effect of the sacking of the central bank governor.