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While other countries in the region may have been taking the spotlight as top performers, the Philippines has been recording steady and continuous growth. Indeed, the country has not had a serious annual drop in GDP since 1985. Going forward, expectations are positive. While the IMF has been reducing growth forecasts in the region, the organisation’s 2014 prediction for the Philippines is staying...

With a complex history marked by successive waves of migration and periods of colonisation and occupation, the Philippines is home to a host of ethnicities and languages across its roughly 1000 inhabited islands. It is the 12th-most populous country in the world, with a population expected to reach 99.43m by 2014, according to the IMF. The Philippines has plentiful natural resources. An estimated...

OBG introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Nigeria, in partnership with Ajumogobia & Okeke. OBG talks to Ovie Ukiri, Managing Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke, on transfer pricing regulations.

In conjunction with PwC Nigeria, OBG explores the taxation system, examining Nigeria’s investor-friendly environment. OBG talks to Taiwo Oyedele, Partner & Head of Tax, PwC Nigeria.

In the six decades since independence, the national health care network has improved on a piecemeal basis, driven primarily by a handful of international organisations and, more recently, government entities at the federal, state and local levels. The sector is guided by the National Strategic Health Development Plan (2010-15), which runs alongside the wider aims outlined in the Vision 20:2020...

The education sector was allocated $2.69bn in the 2013 federal budget, making it the highest recipient of government spending. A large youth population –estimated at 75m people – points to rapidly expanding demand for education and training of all types for years to come. Boosting private sector activity, particularly at the primary level, continues to be a fundamental objective of the government...