Bala Wunti used the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit in New York to warn that Africa’s new mineral wealth, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements, could easily repeat the mistakes of its crude oil era. Why should anybody listen? One, because Wunti spent three decades inside Nigeria’s upstream oil sector, serving as Chief Upstream Investment Officer…
The Swedish academy says the academics’ models are ‘now used by central banks and governments around the world’. Published On 12 Oct 202612 Oct 2026 The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise…
The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs. The finding comes in the 2026 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University, which measures…
Anna Collard South Africans who have been scammed, hacked, extorted or harassed online now have a free place to turn for help. The Cyber Helpline, a UK charity, has launched a 12-month pilot in South Africa with local social impact organisation MiDO Academy, funded by Amazon Web Services. The service covers a wide range of…
Maputo and London — “Trust in the process is evaporating among humanitarians and even some donors.” The humanitarian system has experienced the financial equivalent of the Great Depression. Since peak aid was reached in 2022, humanitarian funding has fallen 30% to $33 billion last year. The answer to this seismic shock has been the humanitarian…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the U.S.-brokered “energy ceasefire,” but warned Monday that Moscow must do the same. If Russia doesn’t agree to the energy ceasefire President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, Ukraine will respond, Zelenskyy said in a live-streamed address Monday morning. “If the Americans need it, we are ready to sign these guarantees…
Geneva — United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk spoke with pride on Friday for global human rights when he “warmly” congratulated South African Navi Pillay for winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for those who fight for the rights of others. “This is a proud moment for the global human rights movement. I warmly…
Stafford Masie, technology investor, advisor and executive MBA lecturer. (Source: Stafford Masie, with new background) WGW Capital and other shareholders have forced Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC) interim CEO Stafford Masie and three other directors off the board, with Masie also stepping down as CEO at the end of February. This follows a supplementary demand by…
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addressed his recent absence from the campaign trail Sunday, saying it was nothing but a “nasty case of the flu.” “I was in bed, drinking lots of liquids. Unfortunately, the campaign made me work from home, so I didn’t even get full days off. But I didn’t want to…
139 Dead, 84 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes off Djibouti At least 139 migrants have died, and 84 remain missing after a boat carrying 305 people from Djibouti to Yemen capsized near Obock. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said about 82 people survived. Search and rescue operations continue. The agency described the incident as one of the…
