Pilot schemes to offer refugees in Jordan and Ethiopia permits to work in special economic zones have been enthusiastically received, but take up has been disappointing.

The global fashion industry is a major consumer of resources and cause of pollution. As companies pledge to clean up, will governments come on board? 

With links to exploitative labour conditions now hugely damaging to a fashion house's reputation, how is the industry reacting?

Ethiopia's potential has long been eyed by foreign investors. Will the country's new government now realise that potential?

Vasari Global is seeking to tap into growing consumer demand in Ethiopia with a new $150m biscuit and pasta plant. And as the company's chairman explains, it is looking to become a byword for quality throughout Africa.