Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I wasn’t planning on reviewing Merkato. Sur­prising as it may sound, food critics do a lot of meals off the ...

Merkato also helps to solve a longstanding problem in the bandwidth market. "The one thing the industry’s been looking for forever is how to differentiate their offerings," says Semret. "Instead of ...

Is African food poised to become the next big thing? Marcus Samuelsson thinks so. Though he grew up in Sweden and cut his eyeteeth cooking Scandinavian food at Aquavit, he was born and bred in ...

Over at Eater, they’ve deathwatched Merkato 55, Marcus Samuelsson’s newish, chi-chi, pan-African eatery in the meatpacking district. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Merkato is on its way out, but ...

Entering Merkato, you’re immediately immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of another land—foreign tongues and frankincense blend in the background. Don’t fear, though; further investigation will ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. He doesn’t understand why I’m talking to him. He doesn’t – to judge by the wide-awake, red-rimmed eyes – ...

While much of today’s economy takes place in a digital environment, the most basic element of the Internet still languishes in a marketplace trapped in the 20th century. Buying bandwidth today ...