Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh answers questions as he delivers remarks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meetings at Federal Reserve Headquarters on October 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Kevin Warsh is done proving himself. The Federal Reserve chairman’s news conference Wednesday…
South Africa’s banks and cash companies say they are working with the Reserve Bank on its plan to white-label the country’s ATMs and bring privately run cash centres into a national utility owned by the central bank. Few will say what they have told it. TechCentral asked the main banks and cash-in-transit operators to respond…
The Africa Cocoa Finance & Investment Forum (ACFIF) 2026 will bring together investors, financial institutions, policymakers, cocoa industry leaders, development partners and entrepreneurs on October 26, 2026, at Wall Street in New York’s Financial District. The forum will link Africa’s cocoa sector with global capital, strategic partners and United States commercial opportunities. Following its successful…
Investors shrug off AI safety concerns and Iran war, sending market to a new peak. Published On 23 Sep 202623 Sep 2026 Wall Street’s Nasdaq stock exchange has hit an all-time high, shrugging off concerns about AI safety risks, sky-high tech valuations and the energy shock caused by the United States’ war on Iran. The…
Global stock markets have been volatile as investors assess high bond yields and continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There are concerns about the impact of uncertainty in the Middle East on oil prices and consequently on inflation. Investors who prefer to look beyond short-term noise and buy stocks with attractive long-term growth potential…
A session at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. PHOTO/UNCCD. By PATRICK MAYOYO The African Development Bank has committed to work with partners to mobilise funds for the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the UN…
Germany splits At least two generations on both Guetinger’s maternal and paternal sides were from Babenhausen, a small Bavarian market town of about 4,000 people in the 1960s. Surrounded by a castle, it was once home to a merchant family said to have been prominent during the Middle Ages. Guetinger’s father, Ernst, was among five…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images The first three-plus years of the artificial intelligence buildout has been paid for through record amounts of equity and…
BlockTower, the issuer of the rand-backed stablecoin ZARU, said on Thursday that Luno has listed ZARU/USDT and ZARU/USDC trading pairs on its exchange, putting the rand on a continuous order book against the world’s two largest dollar stablecoins. Three days earlier, national treasury and the South African Reserve Bank published a draft manual that would…
A single interactive display is the new standard in classrooms and boardrooms. Something has changed in how South African rooms are being equipped, and it has happened faster than the channel has adjusted to. Classrooms are being refitted without projectors. Boardrooms are being rebuilt without the cupboard of components, the separate camera, the ceiling microphones,…
