In its latest earnings report, Nintendo announced a price hike for the Switch 2, raising the U.S. retail price by $50 to a new total of $500. The company cited increased memory costs and new U.S. tariff measures as the primary drivers behind the adjustment. While this increase is notably more modest than the $150…
The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €1 billion investment package for Africa under its Global Gateway Initiative to support infrastructure development, economic growth and digital transformation. The package, announced by the EU Ambassador to Ghana, Rune Skinnebach, forms part of Team Europe’s broader strategy to deepen economic cooperation with African countries and promote sustainable…
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Without a collective approach from African states, China’s tariff-free market access will not be the silver bullet many expect. China’s decision to extend tariff-free access from 1 May to all African countries, barring Eswatini (with which it maintains no diplomatic ties), has been widely welcomed across the continent. At a moment when global trade is…
The Eastern Cape province looks to solidify itself as a key contender in the business process outsourcing sector.
The attacks and killings of Nigerians and other Africans are senseless South Africa is once again engulfed in a vicious pattern of violence against fellow Africans–an ugly reality that can no longer be softened by the language of Xenophobia. What is unfolding is more accurately described as Afrophobia: a targeted campaign of hate against black…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stand in the Musk v. Altman trial on Monday, where he testified that Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI were in violation of any special terms or commitments. Nadella, wearing a navy suit with a blue tie, concluded his testimony in federal court…
The European Union (EU) has defended the rules-based international order and condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while warning that rising global conflicts were worsening economic hardships across the world, including in Zimbabwe. Speaking during Europe Day celebrations in Harare Friday, Katrin Hagemann said the world was facing “profound global change” marked by growing instability, conflict…
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Mobile voice revenue is following the same structural decline as SMS, Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said in an interview on Monday – a direct acknowledgement from the head of South Africa’s largest mobile operator that the product on which the local industry was built is fading as a meaningful…
Washington, DC — As we’re all being painfully reminded, cutting off for any length of time the fifth of the world’s oil supply that passes through the Strait of Hormuz has an extraordinarily negative impact on commerce and lives here and everywhere. But what if we could get even half of that oil another way?…
