The numbers on paper have never looked better for African manufacturing. The continent holds 18.3% of the world’s population, is projected by the IMF to grow at 4.1% in 2026, outpacing the global average of 3.0% and consistently ranks among the world’s fastest-growing regions. Global supply chains are fracturing. Companies
The numbers on paper have never looked better for African manufacturing. The continent holds 18.3% of the world’s population, is projected by the IMF to grow at 4.1% in 2026, outpacing the global average of 3.0% and consistently ranks among the world’s fastest-growing regions. Global supply chains are fracturing. Companies
There’s a version of the Russia story that everyone understands. Oil. Gas. The energy weapon. The pipeline politics. It’s the version that gets written about because it’s visible; you can see it in the petrol price and in the gas bills of European households. But there’s a quieter instrument that
There’s a version of the Russia story that everyone understands. Oil. Gas. The energy weapon. The pipeline politics. It’s the version that gets written about because it’s visible; you can see it in the petrol price and in the gas bills of European households. But there’s a quieter instrument that
Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz right now. The burning tankers, the oil price ticking above $100, the White House press conferences. That’s understandable. However while that drama plays out, something arguably more consequential is happening in the background and it’s barely getting a line of coverage. Russia is
Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz right now. The burning tankers, the oil price ticking above $100, the White House press conferences. That’s understandable. However while that drama plays out, something arguably more consequential is happening in the background and it’s barely getting a line of coverage. Russia is
Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz right now. The burning tankers, the oil price ticking above $100, the White House press conferences. That’s understandable. However while that drama plays out, something arguably more consequential is happening in the background and it’s barely getting a line of coverage. Russia is
Prof. David Monyae and Prof. Victor Qin The events of 28 February 2026 marked a watershed in Middle East geopolitics. Under the pretext of prolonged indirect negotiations, the United States and Israel executed a precision decapitation strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his daughter, son-in-law,
For decades, the internet has had a language problem. Its architecture, its logic, its defaults have been shaped by many dominant tongues, and everyone else was left to adapt. In Sub-Saharan Africa, a continent home to over 2,000 spoken languages and nearly 1.5 billion people, that adaptation has carried a
For decades, the internet has had a language problem. Its architecture, its logic, its defaults have been shaped by many dominant tongues, and everyone else was left to adapt. In Sub-Saharan Africa, a continent home to over 2,000 spoken languages and nearly 1.5 billion people, that adaptation has carried a