It’s hardly big news that household debt is often bad (I’m one of the millions of Brits who’ve been sucked in by its empty promises, to my deep regret). But not all credit offered to people on low incomes is bad — especially when their source of credit is their own savings, pooled with those […]
‘The market’s open? That’s great!’ The UN guy sitting next to me in a hotel lobby in northeastern Nigeria last week could hardly contain his delight at the news that people in a town recently liberated from Boko Haram had started trading again. When a major disaster hits – whether it’s terrorist attack, natural disaster […]
It wasn’t your typical setting for an entrepreneur. I met him in northern Uganda, a good day’s drive from capital city Kampala – a drive on some of the most treacherous roads you could ever imagine. He was tall, with a kind face and a grandfatherly air. His English was very good, and he quickly […]
