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The pandemic sped up the expansion of e-commerce worldwide. However, growth rates are now reverting from 26% in 2020 and 19% in 2021 towards rates closer to 10%. Shoppers still…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268281
ISSN: 2633-304X
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These came after leading fintech firm, Fawry, achieved ‘unicorn’ status in August 2020 with a market valuation over USD1bn, and after transportation app Swvl announced plans to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264263
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Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa's diamond sector.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207910
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The middle market suffers liquidity constraints.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198342
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After a temporary surge in demand for food in March, monthly retail turnover fell sharply, driven primarily by low sales of durable goods in April-May. Smaller retailers were hit…
Confluence of challenges holds back the market.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212919
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Despite its promotion of an innovation ecosystem to attract start-ups, Abu Dhabi has overall made little progress in addressing the impact of the clean-energy transition on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258306
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Yet this follows a government directive that the company cancel increases in its maximum sustainable capacity (MSC) of crude oil production from 12 million barrels per day (b/d…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285954
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The sector is struggling with higher operating costs, delivery delays and costlier debt servicing, leading regulators to warn that more firms will fail after last month’s collapse…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267976
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The recent surge in inflation.