With the eurozone economy officially confirmed as having emerged from recession, FX&MM stops off to visit a reinvigorated and - so it seems - less pessimistic, even bullish France. In doing so, we take a snapshot of the country which suddenly finds itself with a renewed sense of élan, not least because of Michel Barnier...

Dipak Patel, head of Global Transactional Products and Services, Standard Bank, says the global financial crisis has forced banks the world over to concentrate on their core business. Ironically, this has worked in Africa's favour...

The philosophy behind this proverb of Strength in Unity - the African context of which being when two people are walking along together and the presence of a leopard is sensed - rests with the Baganda people in Uganda, evoking perfectly the idea of mutual help and solidarity...