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Bangladesh’s Minister of Finance Abul Maal Abdul Muhith talks to World Report about the country’s huge need for investment in power and infrastructure, and provides an overview of Bangladesh’s economic growth, his published ideas on how to dramatically reduce corruption and his key role in establishing the micro-credit industry in his country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni speaks with World Report about her country’s history, resilience in the face of adversity, its remarkable achievements in food security and women’s empowerment, and its strong lasting ties to the UK and the region

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London-based Gatehouse Bank prides itself in having a solutions-based ethos – not only providing fundamental banking, but also offering real-estate investments options and solutions, structured finance, wealth management and Shariah advisory services

Peter Sunday Adebola, Managing Director of BGL Securities Nigeria, discusses the country’s financial sector with World Report and explains that as BGL is “entirely focused on satisfying our clients, when they are looking for large volumes of shares to buy, BGL is in a position to use our network of branches and also our contacts to make sure that we deliver this for them.” He urges international investors to seriously look into coming to Nigeria, as it offers a lot of opportunities and a very high return on investment.

Dr Vahdettin Ertaş, Chairman of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, speaks to World Report about how the restructuring of the Turkish banking sector after Turkey’s economic crisis in 2001 it has become one of the major banking systems in the world with regard to soundness and profitability. He also discusses how the new capital market law “ is a milestone for us to ready our markets to realize the Vision 2023.”

As the first Kuwaiti governorate to export oil to Britain in 1946, Al-Ahmadi enjoys the reputation of being “the home of Kuwaiti oil” and “where everything happens” in the emirate. Sheikh Dr Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah, Governor of Al-Ahmadi, speaks to World Report about his governorate’s history, its rapid recovery from the Iraqi invasion’s scorched earth policy, the raft of new projects under way, and the warm welcome that awaits international investors.

Arão Nhancale, President of the City Council of Matola, shares with Upper Reach how Mozambique’s second largest city is laying the groundwork for increased industry and business as well as social development

On February 8, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan commissioned the first business simulation laboratory (BSL) in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. Sponsored by Beloxxi Industries Ltd, the ultra-modern facility narrows the business theory-practice gap for students at the University of Lagos and prepares them for the real world of business