Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind “northern” norms. Urban geographer Jennifer…

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Risk Insights, JSE clash over ESG contract

Risk Insights, JSE clash over ESG contract

Risk Insights had a deal with the JSE to use AI-powered rating tools to advance ESG reporting for listed companies. The dispute between Risk Insights and the JSE is intensifying, with both parties giving conflicting accounts over the status of a contractual relationship. The disagreement comes amid scrutiny of Risk Insights founder Anushka Bogdanov’s claimed…

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Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

Africa: CAF to Host TotalEnergies CAF Wafcon Technical Insights Discussion in Rabat On Wednesday

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will host a TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Technical Insights Discussion with selected members of the tournament’s Technical Study Group (TSG) in Rabat, Morocco on Wednesday. The members of the TSG will provide insights into the tournament so far and take questions from the media. The…

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Retail Credit Trends in 2025: Insights and Implications

Retail Credit Trends in 2025: Insights and Implications

As we headed into 2025, the stage seemed set for South Africa’s interest rates to drop, with inflation within the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) target range. However, global factors – including heightened geopolitical instability and tariff-related tensions – prompted SARB to hold firm. This interest rate stagnation has had both direct and indirect effects…

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Commerce Media in South Africa: 5 Insights

Commerce Media in South Africa: 5 Insights

Commerce media is emerging as the next big frontier in retail – and it’s growing fast. Globally, the space is projected to reach $130 billion by 2026, and could top $1 trillion by 2030, as giants like Amazon and Walmart continue to turn retail media into high-performing revenue engines. But where does South Africa sit…

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