The self styled ‘lord’ and socialite Edward Davenport, dubbed ‘fast Eddie’, has been jailed for his part in a multimillion-pound fraud case. Davenport has courted controversy over the years. He purchased his 33 Portland Place mansion from the Sierra Leone government for cut market rate in 1999, when the country was in the midst of [...]
It is reported that Kweku Adoboli, a UK citizen of Ghanaian descent, was arrested by Met police in London early this morning in connection with claims of illicit trading which cost his employers, the Swiss banking group UBS, an estimated $2 billion. Despite assurances from the company that no customer funds had been affected, shares [...]
With 5500 police at the Notting Hill Carnival over, there were expectations of a repeat of the behaviour of young people in the London riots that would have scuppered the fun filled weekend festival. Instead the usual fun, food, dancing and entertainment were in abundance, and the carnival did itself proud with more than one [...]
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) recently hosted the latest offering in their series of talks entitled 2Ist Century Challenges. The discussion called Digital Technology in Africa took place at the RGS in Kensington on the 18th May, and New Africa Analysis was invited to sit in on the event. The panel consisted of, Nicholas Negroponte [...]
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has welcomed the launch last week of the British Government white paper, ‘building our common future’. The paper which is a rebranding of the goals and objectives of the department for international development (DFID) commits additional support for the world’s poorest people affected by conflict, climate change and [...]
