It is an untold truth, that those who control global banking systems and major investors are globally informed and advantaged regarding critical junctures on a scale between global catastrophe and global triumph. Often decision-making influence is said to reside in this portion of global society. We look at regions in
The semiconductor industry has never been a forgiving environment for slow decisions. Engineers are routinely buried under terabytes of yield data, process logs, wafer measurements, and failure analysis reports and every day brings a new problem that requires not just data processing, but genuine expertise and judgment. It is precisely
A war thousands of kilometres away is hitting South African motorists and industries at the pump and the government’s response reveals just how exposed the country truly is. Over the past two months, petrol prices have surged by R6.29 per litre and diesel by a staggering R12.60 per litre, a
A diplomatic Manoeuvre dressed as a crisis Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the postponement of a planned evacuation of over 800 Ghanaian nationals from South Africa, citing mandatory passenger screening, multi-institutional coordination, and flight permit requirements as the outstanding conditions blocking departure. The optics were striking. The politics, however,
There are wars that nations fight with clarity of purpose, with defined enemies, declared goals, and a strategy for what comes after the shooting stops. And then there is the US-Iran war of 2026, a conflict that may go down in history not for its military might, but for its
Ashraf Patel The ongoing disruption of Trump 2.0, including trade and energy wars that are choking supply chains, is reverberating globally and regionally. An estimated 60 million citizens have been pushed below the poverty line, with millions of jobs lost in the past few months. The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing
The global order is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in modern history. According to Internationalist and industrialist Dr Iqbal Survé, the world is moving away from decades of unipolar dominance towards a new multipolar system shaped increasingly by emerging economies, particularly those within BRICS. Speaking in his keynote
There is a tension that has quietly plagued Africa’s engagement with artificial intelligence for years: the gap between political ambition and structural reality. Governments announce bold national strategies. Universities launch standalone AI modules. Development partners fund well-meaning pilots. And then, largely, those efforts stall at their own borders. Knowledge is
A continent at a crossroads Africa’s migration debate has reached a fever pitch, and understandably so. From the streets of Johannesburg to the corridors of Addis Ababa, the question of who belongs where, and under what conditions, is reshaping politics, straining resources, and testing the limits of regional solidarity. But
At the start of 2026, the oil and gas industry was bracing for something nobody would have wished for but most analysts saw coming, a significant oversupply problem. Production from the US, Brazil, Canada, and Kazakhstan was growing faster than demand. OPEC+ was struggling to hold the line. Forecasters at