Despite access to finance consistently ranking among the most significant barriers to business growth, FinMark Trust estimates that only 20% to 30% of SMMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa manage to access formal credit. For many business owners whose companies are trading, winning customers and meeting their financial obligations, a funding rejection can be difficult to understand. However,…
Bolivia’s attorney general arrested for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking U.S.-sanctioned Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding bundles of cash smuggled out of his house, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa…
Nairobi — Global leaders convened at the United Nations headquarters in New York for a private sector forum, where business leader from Nairobi, Kenya Chris Diaz argued that the course of the world’s future hinges on how countries and industries tackle today’s most pressing issues. “Our future will be shaped by how we address the…
The United States federal government has officially launched America.gov, an artificial intelligence-powered conversational interface designed to serve as a centralized portal for public access to federal agency information and services. Established under a new executive order, the platform currently provides natural language responses sourced exclusively from official government channels and is slated to integrate with…
“The people who really didn’t want Aliko to succeed in cement production is a French company called Lafarge, and they put every obstacle on Aliko’s way, just as they are still doing to us today,” Mr Obasanjo said. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how cement company Lafarge allegedly put obstacles in the way…
Russian drone strikes hit a school in Kyiv and the main bridge, disrupting transport in the latest wave of attacks. Published On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026 A Russian drone has struck a school in Kyiv, officials said, as the Ukrainian capital endured another day of bombardment. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said children and staff…
Mark Walker, director and co-founder of Transformation for Innovation (T4i). Organisations should sequence AI spend as incremental to cloud modernisation, not as a parallel track – particularly because security, compute and financial control are all moving faster than the traditional allocation models can absorb. This is according to Mark Walker, director and co-founder of Transformation…
Oil prices rose on Thursday, reversing earlier losses, following a report that Chinese refiners have suspended October fuel exports, further squeezing war-constrained energy markets. International benchmark Brent crude with December expiry was last seen trading 2.2% higher at $100.15 per barrel, having earlier traded 1% lower, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with November expiry…
Homicide rates are falling across much of the world, but organised crime is on the rise in many regions as criminal networks diversify into trafficking, migrant smuggling, and the exploitation of natural resources, a new UN report launched on Wednesday revealed. The study, Crime and Justice in a Changing World, by the UN Interregional Crime…
When great teams and exceptional software work together, the result can be more than just world-class systems – it can pave the way for business growth and innovation. This is according to Japie Saunders, managing executive for Google solutions at Argility/Smollan Technologies, who says the successful completion of Smollan’s group-wide migration from Microsoft 365 to…
