The immediate challenge is straightforward. Factory owners report workforce losses of between 12% and 19%,

For decades, West Africa’s role in the global drug trade was that of a corridor:

Cambodia’s central bank is facing a threat that has nothing to do with interest rates

In August 2026, South Africa marks the 70th anniversary of Women’s Month under the theme:

Toyota Motor Corporation has finalised a binding agreement to become a full, equal shareholder in

More than a company listing The significance of the Dangote IPO extends beyond the refinery

Egypt has once again cemented its position as Africa’s leading destination for foreign direct investment

A new generation of cybercrime Traditional cybercrime often relied on poorly written phishing emails or

For decades, discussions about geopolitical risk have centred on oil. Every major conflict in the

Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT) on Sunday officially nominated incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da

For twenty-five years, Narendra Modi’s political identity has rested on a single, carefully cultivated idea:

Shell posted profits of $9.84 billion for the second quarter of 2026, more than double

More than a convenience At first glance, the decision appears to be little more than

No nation sails alone. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central

This week, Durban hosted the 9th SADC Industrialisation Week, and on paper it reads like

For as long as most of us have been alive, the Strait of Hormuz has

Southern Africa faces a challenge that goes far beyond economic growth rates or budget deficits.

Every party that governs for a long time eventually faces the same quiet question: not

Five months into the war between the US, Israel and Iran, the fighting hasn’t stopped,

More than a weather event El Niño is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon caused by

That gap, between what Africa digs up or grows and what Africa actually manufactures, was

The numbers behind the headline According to NUPRC chief executive Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, 143 prequalified companies

The relentless conflict in the Middle East has evolved from a regional struggle into a

If you want to see where artificial intelligence is actually changing daily life, stop looking

Ford and Geely announced this week that they’ll build two electric SUVs together at Ford’s

 If you want to see what BRICS expansion actually produces in practice, look at a

Football is becoming a catalyst for growth The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is more

Andy Burnham was confirmed as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, securing

The economics behind the conflict Gold has long been one of Sudan’s most valuable exports,

Late last month in Dalian, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New

Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining technologies of the 21st century. It is

South Africa is once again positioning itself as an investment gateway to Africa. The 2nd

There is nothing glamorous about a "joint meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for Energy and

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has once again found itself at the centre

If you’d shown an energy trader in June the price chart for July, they’d have

There’s a number worth sitting with: automakers have absorbed more than $35 billion in US

There is a certain irony in a party that pioneered all-women shortlists back in 1993

Jakarta played host this week to a meeting that could reshape how people and cargo

Egypt’s engineering sector has quietly become one of the country’s export success stories, and now

A crisis, not a prejudice There is a meaningful distinction between opposing illegal immigration and

South Africa’s upstream oil and gas sector rarely intersects with its foreign policy. That changed

Chery Automobile’s formal takeover of Nissan’s Rosslyn plant on 3 July 2026 is more than

If you wanted a single week to illustrate how disconnected headline geopolitics has become from

Walk onto almost any groundbreaking site in American manufacturing right now and you’ll find the

NATO leaders left Ankara this week having pledged more money, more missiles, and more unity

South Africa’s fiscal referee has finally blown the whistle. On 7 July 2026, Finance Minister

With just over two months to go before India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in

Geneva convenes an urgent session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, an emergency

Google’s latest investment drive signals more than an expansion of its African footprint. It reflects

The world today is very different from what many of us know. Technological advances have

Africa’s ambition to build pharmaceutical self-sufficiency has received another significant boost. Japan has committed KSh3

South Africa’s fuel retail landscape is on the verge of another significant transformation. Reports that

The latest discussions between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on expanding natural gas production

South Africa does not have an asylum crisis. It has an accountability crisis, it is

South Africa’s contraceptive shortage is not a supply chain accident. It is the predictable outcome

Three years ago, Samsung became the cautionary tale every corporate IT department cited when explaining

Five days from now, South Africa faces a moment of reckoning, not because the government

Africa’s leaders are increasingly united around a simple but transformative idea: the continent can no

Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that

The amendment that ends the ballot On 18 June 2026, Zimbabwe’s National Assembly passed the

Zamikhaya Maseti The looming labour dispute between BAIC, the Chinese automotive manufacturer, and the National

When the full text of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and

In the past eighteen months, thirteen prospecting applications have been submitted to the Department of

The European Union has taken another significant step towards regulating artificial intelligence by publishing its

Those who have spent years watching Russia’s foreign policy pivot from the inside understand something

The double tax nobody talks about The core problem is this: South Africa has a

China should make the services sector the next major frontier of its reform and opening-up

The language of Abu Dhabi’s partnership expansion with Chinese institutions, intelligent systems, advanced manufacturing, knowledge

There is a number that captures the scale of Japan’s automotive reckoning with unusual clarity:

When China National Tire and Rubber Corporation (CNTR) announced a $550 million investment to expand

Now, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has made an announcement that the government

Crises have a way of clarifying what matters. The Hormuz disruption, now well into its

Dr. Sizo Nkala The theme of modernisation is becoming increasingly prominent in the discourse on

Since the establishment of BRICS, the member states have significantly increased their high-tech exports, which

Kim Heller There is little doubt that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity

In May 2026, bandits stormed three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State, beheading

Global energy markets are navigating one of their most complex periods in recent years. While

BYD’s latest performance highlights the rapid evolution of China’s leading electric vehicle manufacturers into broader

Every few years, a virus reminds the world how unprepared it is. Covid-19 did it

The United States has once again placed trade policy at the centre of its economic

A war that arrived at every pump The proximate cause is geopolitical. The effective closure

At some point this week, the leader of the free world picked up the phone

Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Paul Mashatile, has said that South Africa

For sixty-six years, Nigeria lived one of the most bewildering contradictions in global economics. Africa’s

There is a particular kind of chaos that only the most powerful institutions can produce.

Artificial intelligence is entering a new era as businesses invest heavily in AI systems capable

Africa’s electric vehicle market has long been described as a future opportunity. In 2025, it

India’s aviation sector is undergoing significant transformation as the government introduces new passenger-focused reforms while

Egypt feeds 112 million people. It cannot grow enough wheat to do it. Agricultural trade

Uzbekistan does not make the front pages very often. It is landlocked, post-Soviet, rapidly urbanising,

It is an untold truth, that those who control global banking systems and major investors

The semiconductor industry has never been a forgiving environment for slow decisions. Engineers are routinely

A war thousands of kilometres away is hitting South African motorists and industries at the

A diplomatic Manoeuvre dressed as a crisis Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the postponement

There are wars that nations fight with clarity of purpose, with defined enemies, declared goals,

Ashraf Patel The ongoing disruption of Trump 2.0, including trade and energy wars that are

The global order is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in modern history. According

There is a tension that has quietly plagued Africa’s engagement with artificial intelligence for years:

A continent at a crossroads Africa’s migration debate has reached a fever pitch, and understandably

At the start of 2026, the oil and gas industry was bracing for something nobody