Covid-19 has amplified, rather than muted, the importance of funding and developing well-connected, sustainable and liveable cities, argues urbanist professor Greg Clark.


Supporting African SMEs to thrive in the free trade area
September 14, 2021Ade Ayeyemi, group CEO of Ecobank, on empowering the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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Gender equity needs more than anti-bias training
September 13, 2021More meaningful data and better processes to hire and manage staff will help improve both gender balance and the bottom line, argues Nouriel Roubini, Kübra Koldemir and Paul Smith.
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Backbase CEO urges banks to embrace digital shift
May 4, 2021The CEO of Backbase, an engagement banking platform provider, on removing friction from the customer journey and surfacing the right customer data to empower staff in the digital sales cycle.
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Taking digital banking to the next level in CEE
May 4, 2021Retail customers have adopted digital banking services en masse during the Covid-19 pandemic, as high street branches remained closed and cash transactions have plummeted. Many banks are re-thinking their digital strategy as a result.
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The move to digital: driving sales for retail banks in CEE
May 4, 2021With more customers switching to digital banking services during Covid-19, how can banks improve their onboarding processes and deliver seamless customer journeys? Five experts discuss best practices to improve retail banking digital sales.

How Serbia got its house in order
October 2, 2020Jorgovanka Tabaković, Serbia's central bank governor, outlines the country’s fiscal policies in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Roman Vassilenko: a change in outlook for Kazakhstan
January 2, 2020The deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan explains the country’s developing relationship with the EU, its partnerships with China, and its plans to diversify its economic output.

Ott Vatter: how Estonia's e-Residency is leading the inequality charge
January 2, 2020The managing director of Estonia’s e-Residency programme explains how the country's digital identity policy is positioning it as a leader in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.