Author: BRICS+ Consulting Group

The African Development Bank has unveiled an ambitious roadmap putting artificial intelligence as a transformative force with capabilities of generating up to $1 trillion in additional GDP by 2035, nearly one-third of the continent’s current economic output. Developed under the G20 Digital Transformation Working Group by consulting firm Bazara Tech,

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When most people think about Africa’s development challenges, vehicles rarely top the list. I’ve learnt however from an Isuzu corporate engagement at the UCT Graduate school of Business that if you dig deeper, a pattern emerges: mobility isn’t just about moving people, it’s about moving economies. Isuzu South Africa’s approach

What may come to be regarded as one of the most disturbing crime networks of the modern era centres on Jeffrey Epstein and a circle of highly influential figures, including political leaders, business elites, royalty and public personalities, who have been accused of committing grave abuses against minors. The allegations

The promise and the gap Africa stands at an inflection point in its economic integration. The African Continental Free Trade Area has catalysed a measurable shift in the way that goods, capital, and services move across the continent, with intra-African trade reaching $208 billion in 2024, a 7.7 percent year-on-year

Speaking at a recent corporate engagement at UCT’s Graduate School of Business, industry leaders, including Isuzu CEO Mr Billy Tom painted a clear picture. Africa’s logistics and trade infrastructure challenges aren’t technical problems, they’re structural, political, and fundamentally about mindset. The Colonial Infrastructure That Still Binds Us Africa’s infrastructure was