Across the Global Majority, emerging economies are rethinking the plumbing of international trade. Rather than routing transactions through Western clearing houses and reserve currencies, countries across Southeast Asia and the wider BRICS+ bloc are building payment systems, data rules and currency arrangements designed on their own terms. Nowhere is this
Trading Trucks for Pipes The scale of what this replaces is easy to miss. Right now, virtually all of Ethiopia’s imported fuel moves by tanker truck along a single congested corridor, a system prone to delays, spillage and cost overruns. The new pipeline, developed jointly by Ethiopian Investment Holdings, Dangote
Trading Trucks for Pipes The scale of what this replaces is easy to miss. Right now, virtually all of Ethiopia’s imported fuel moves by tanker truck along a single congested corridor, a system prone to delays, spillage and cost overruns. The new pipeline, developed jointly by Ethiopian Investment Holdings, Dangote
President Ntuli, MD of HPE South Africa, put the problem plainly: when South Africa adopted a cloud-first approach across the public sector, it accelerated digital transformation but entrenched deep dependency on a small number of global providers. By failing to build meaningful national capability alongside adoption, the country surrendered influence
President Ntuli, MD of HPE South Africa, put the problem plainly: when South Africa adopted a cloud-first approach across the public sector, it accelerated digital transformation but entrenched deep dependency on a small number of global providers. By failing to build meaningful national capability alongside adoption, the country surrendered influence
Indian critical minerals producer Lohum is pursuing nickel mines in Indonesia and the Philippines, but the acquisition drive is really a proxy for a far larger story: India’s attempt to build a domestic, mine-to-manufacturing supply chain for electric vehicle batteries, one that no longer depends on Chinese processing. Founder and
Indian critical minerals producer Lohum is pursuing nickel mines in Indonesia and the Philippines, but the acquisition drive is really a proxy for a far larger story: India’s attempt to build a domestic, mine-to-manufacturing supply chain for electric vehicle batteries, one that no longer depends on Chinese processing. Founder and
Talk in Washington of a possible ban on American diesel exports is reshaping global oil markets in real time, and the clearest signal is showing up in the spread between US crude futures and the international Brent benchmark. Traders are betting that if US refiners are forced to keep more
Talk in Washington of a possible ban on American diesel exports is reshaping global oil markets in real time, and the clearest signal is showing up in the spread between US crude futures and the international Brent benchmark. Traders are betting that if US refiners are forced to keep more
A Global Collapse, a Local Casualty Nissan’s global situation made the outcome inevitable. The company posted a net loss of approximately ¥533 billion for fiscal year 2025 and announced the closure of seven plants worldwide under its "Re:Nissan" restructuring plan, cutting its global manufacturing footprint from 17 sites to 10