The reform of Islamic scholarship is among the approaches that Muslims in Indonesia and the world over have taken up in response to what they have observed to be the ever widening and even unassailable knowledge gap in scientific advancement that has increased at an exponential rate and shows no signs of diminishing.
Asia’s next big opportunity
With over 150 million mobile subscribers and 80 million internet users, in sum, the people of Indonesia have embraced social media as nowhere else.
Only by embracing a global mindset can South Africa’s educational institutions remain relevant and position the country for growth during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Intra-African trade represents a lowly 13% of the continent’s overall trade. Finding the key to accelerating cross-border trade would have a transformative effect on the African economy.
Poor decision making at governmental level has left South Africa facing an escalating economic crisis. However, a bolder vision from public and private sector leaders could yet reverse years of economic stagnation.
The Thai Government’s eight-year economic plan, ‘Super Clusters’, will be introduced to make Thai business more appealing to foreign direct investment by grouping industry. The plan aims to offer more stability in that investors can engage with the cluster as whole and reduce their overall exposure.
“Mauritius offers investors the advantages of an offshore financial centre in the Indian Ocean, with a substantial network of treaties and double-taxation agreements, making it the gateway for routing funds into Africa and India.”
“Mauritius is metamorphosing itself into a knowledge-based economy underpinned by higher education.” – Mahen Kundasamy, High Commissioner of Mauritius in the United Kingdom
“There is no miracle. It is due simply to hard work,
discipline, and will.” — Sir Anerood Jugnauth, former Prime Minister of Mauritius
“Mauritius’s future innovation depends on the answer to the ultimate
question: Do we have a high-quality human capital and productivity?”
— Seeram Ramakrishna, Professor and Director for Center for Nanobres and Nanotechnology from the National University of Singapore
“It is becoming clear that any innovation or ambition to become a knowledge economy has to be driven by talented African scientists and with the knowledge that innovation is not instructed!”
— Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius.
“Mauritius offers investors the advantages of an offshore financial centre in the Indian Ocean, with a substantial network of treaties and double-taxation agreements, making it the gateway for routing funds into Africa and India.”
— United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Investment Report.
South Africa has been experiencing slow economic growth for over half a decade now, starting from the 2009 global financial crises when it’s GDP contracted by 1.5%. In the past two years internal and external factors have continues to better our economy – falling international commodity prices, reduced mine output, political crises and China’s lowered growth expectations have exacerbated the situation.