Climate change has already doubled the world’s heatwaves between 2024 and 2025 and brought more severe droughts, floods and water shortages to Africa. These changes are damaging crops, homes, infrastructure and ecosystems, and placing growing pressure on people’s health and livelihoods. On 2 September 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme released a report called Limiting…
Africa’s changing healthcare needs are creating new opportunities for generic medicine manufacturers to help close persistent access gaps, but stronger regional coordination, predictable demand and investment will be needed to turn that opportunity into sustainable supply. A new report by the Access to Medicine Foundation examines how eight multinational and regional generic medicine manufacturers are…
Logicalis’ 2026 CIO Report. Logicalis, the global technology service provider, today announced significant progress against its responsible business strategy, achieving a 34% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions since FY22, increasing renewable electricity usage to 42%, and completing the rollout of its own learning management system to enhance employee training and development. The company…
The federal government’s August jobs report is widely expected to show a continuation of this summer’s soft hiring numbers, just one month after the labor market contracted by 23,000 jobs. Ahead of the report’s release Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected overall hiring of 53,000 roles in August and the…
Rising inequality is, at its core, a political and policy choice. This is the central message of the Global Justice Report authored by experts based at the World Inequality Lab, led by economists Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel. As economists and experts on labour, inequality and the informal economy, we believe there is a great…
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks as U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick looks on before signing an executive order to limit mail-in voting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration is reportedly considering new tariffs on…
The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing‘s 2026 report highlights how profoundly the global HIV epidemic is changing. In 2025, an estimated 11.5 million (29%) people living with HIV were aged 50 years and older. This is projected to increase to 20.2 million by 2040. That would account for more than half (51%) of all people…
ABUJA– A new policy analysis has warned that the fast-growing gambling industry in low-income areas of Nigeria, Ghana, and Sierra Leone is worsening economic hardship for young people and may be driving increased debt, youth unrest, and certain kinds of crime. Betting shops have become a common sight in slums, motor parks, and informal settlements…
Fiber optic cables feed into switches inside a communications room at an office in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A small power plant in the U.K. was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack carried out by hackers…
Nigeria now has the highest headline capital gains tax rate among selected major African economies and one of the continent’s broadest regimes for taxing indirect transfers of Nigerian assets, according to a new report by PwC Nigeria. The report titled: “Nigeria’s Capital Gains Tax Reforms: What the New 30% Rate and Indirect Transfer Rules Mean…
