Global Food Prices Rise on Sugar, Dairy, Vegetable Oil Prices
Global food prices rose 1.6% in February driven by higher vegetable oil, sugar and dairy prices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. Higher quotations across cross [...]
Africa-Focused BCS Group Unveils World’s Deepest Inland Submarine Cable
During a session at the ongoing MWC Barcelona 2025, the world’s largest connectivity event, BCS Group, a leading Pan-African wholesale telecom infrastructure provider, has announced the completion of its Lake [...]Trump Brags About Africa Aid Cuts, Jokes Nobody has ever heard of Lesotho
US President Donald Trump has defended his administration's decision to freeze international aid, joking that nobody has ever heard of' Lesotho yet the southern African country US$8mn in aid. Eight [...]
Friedrich Merz to Become Germany's Leader after Center-Right Bloc Wins
Friedrich Merz, 69, is set to be Germany's next chancellor after his centre-rght Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) bloc won more than 28% of the votes after Sunday's [...]New Coastal Mapping Initiative for Kenya Advances Global Ocean Understanding
Victor Vescovo’s marine technology company, Caladan Oceanic, has recently teamed up with TCarta and the Greenwater Foundation to provide Kenya with detailed maps of its coastal seafloor. Oceans cover more [...]
Pressure Mounts Against Adani Indictment as Trump Suspends Anti-Bribery Law
At least six US Congressmen are lobbying against the November 2024 indictment of Gautam Adani and officials of his companies on allegations of bribery, coinciding with a major move by [...]US Halts US$13mn Funding for Kenya-Led Haiti Mission
The United Nations (UN) has stated that the Kenya-led mission to rid Haiti's capital of criminal gangs is likely to suffer deeper financial shortages as a result of President Donald [...]Demand for Air Travel Surges Beyond Pre-Pandemic Levels as Deadly Plane Crashes Worry
The demand for air travel grew last year with airlines across all regions over performing their pre-pandemic levels, data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows. “2024 made it [...]Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs' on BRICS Countries
US President Donald Trump has repeated a threat to impose stringent tariffs on BRICS countries for attempts to replace the US dollar in international trade. We are going to require [...]Markets React after Trump Calls on OPEC to Bring Down Oil Prices
Oil prices edged slightly lower to erase weekly gains on Friday after US President Donald Trump urged OPEC to bring down oil prices, adding that the higher prices fueled the [...]Trump Pushes for Lower Interest Rates Globally
US President Donald Trump has pushed the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and urged global central banks to follow suit while speaking at the 2025 World Economic Forum on [...]In Davos, South Africa Lays Out Ambitious Plan for its G20 Presidency
At the ongoing World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined South Africa's priority areas as it prepares to host the first G20 summit on the [...]
