Archive for the “Global Economy” category
Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge For Our World
by admin on March 14, 2012
Last week in Rabat, Morocco, we launched the Global Food Security Forum, which was created as an initiative of OCP Group (the world’s leading provider of phosphates based in Morocco). We felt the particularly urgent need to do this now, because as climate change (…)
Startup Africa
by Richard Attias on February 21, 2012
As Europe and the US struggle to get their finances in order, and the BRIC nations do their best to build on recent successes, another continent has been quietly gaining pace. And lately not so quietly. Last year a stream (…)
GCF 2012. A FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS
by Richard Attias on January 24, 2012
Entrepreneurship is the key to competitiveness, and it’s something every nation needs to think about. So it is entirely fitting that the Global Competitiveness Forum in Saudi Arabia is placing it at the center of its conference this year. Bringing (…)
A Credit Crisis for France?
by Richard Attias on January 19, 2012
It was unfortunate that so much had been pinned on France’s triple-A credit rating – not just president Sarkozy’s electoral future but that of the Eurozone more generally. Last week S&P downgraded the French rating to AA+, along with eight (…)
Qatar Looks to a Healthy, Sporty Future
by Richard Attias on January 13, 2012
It’s a well known fact that exercise is vital to our mental and physical health. This is why the meeting of the Doha Pre-forum GOALS – Gathering of All Leaders in Sport — produced by Richard Attias and Associates, is (…)
