Lagos / AFP Onele Vincent and his colleagues are fed up with the rising cost of living. So they decided to do something about it and led a noisy protest at a top Lagos hotel where they work. “Things are more expensive, rent is high, food is high,” Vincent said last week in the lobby of the Southern Sun hotel, …

Michael Schuman special to emirates business All of the pieces are in place for a financial crisis in China. The currency is weakening and, if left to the market, would likely plunge further. Capital outflows have hit record levels. Reserves are in retreat. A dramatic selloff on Shanghai’s stock market has wiped out all the gains from 2015’s bull run. …

Although South Korea is stepping up efforts to become an innovative and entrepreneurial economy, entrepreneurial possibilities remain slim for the majority of the population. President Park Geun-hye began her term in 2013 with plans to create a “creative economy, » driven by a vibrant startup culture in the tech industry. Since then, the Park administration has launched a number of …