This has been one of those weeks that historians will circle back to. Two stories, on opposite sides of the same crumbling architecture, tell us something important about the world we are being asked to navigate: the rules-based international order that Western capitals have preached for eighty years is being
McLaren is putting £450 million into its Woking technology centre and creating around 1,000 jobs, in one of the more striking manufacturing investment stories to come out of the UK automotive sector this year. It arrives at a moment when the industry’s overall trajectory points the other way. making the
McLaren is putting £450 million into its Woking technology centre and creating around 1,000 jobs, in one of the more striking manufacturing investment stories to come out of the UK automotive sector this year. It arrives at a moment when the industry’s overall trajectory points the other way. making the
Senegal is preparing one of the most ambitious licensing rounds in its history. Energy Minister Dr. El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf has announced that the government will put 109 of the country’s 113 oil and gas blocks up for grabs at an investor roadshow, targeting both local and international capital. Only
Senegal is preparing one of the most ambitious licensing rounds in its history. Energy Minister Dr. El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf has announced that the government will put 109 of the country’s 113 oil and gas blocks up for grabs at an investor roadshow, targeting both local and international capital. Only
Reading the Exposure Numbers Correctly The data behind the warning is specific rather than abstract. A 2026 comparison of AI exposure across African labour markets, built on Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey and ILO methodology, gives South Africa an exposure score of 4.84 out of 10 , the
Reading the Exposure Numbers Correctly The data behind the warning is specific rather than abstract. A 2026 comparison of AI exposure across African labour markets, built on Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey and ILO methodology, gives South Africa an exposure score of 4.84 out of 10 , the
Reading the Exposure Numbers Correctly The data behind the warning is specific rather than abstract. A 2026 comparison of AI exposure across African labour markets, built on Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey and ILO methodology, gives South Africa an exposure score of 4.84 out of 10 , the
An External Shock Meeting an Internal Deadline The proximate cause is genuinely external. Renewed US and Iranian strikes since the start of September have pushed Brent crude from $90 to $97 a barrel, up from a low of $70 in July, while the Russia-Ukraine war continues to squeeze global supply
BRICS countries have been looking for a way to settle trade with one another without routing every transaction through the dollar. BRICSCOIN is one concrete answer: a settlement instrument — not a national currency, not a peg to gold, and not a digital token — that central banks would use