International

9 months ago | July 25, 2023

Craft Properties gun for attainment of SDGs

Walter Nyamukondiwa Global innovators including construction and civil engineering guru, Professor Kudakwashe ...

9 months ago | July 21, 2023

Inflation reverberations

The post-Covid inflation surge and accompanying jump in interest rates was a global phenomenon. There were a few ...

Rio Tinto warns of China headwinds as iron ore shipments dip

Rio Tinto Group said second-quarter shipments of iron ore fell 1 percent from a year earlier, as China’s faltering ...

Russia readies pilot of digital ruble as war squeezes economy

Russia is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a digital ruble, joining a growing list of countries to experiment with ...

Soaring temperatures in Europe near record as wildfires rage in ...

An unrelenting heatwave stretching across southern Europe is expected to push temperatures close to a record on Tuesday, ...

9 months ago | July 18, 2023

Planned Zimbabwe carbon registry throws Belarus plan into doubt

 Bloomberg A carbon registry and exchange that planned to launch in Zimbabwe next month has thrown the fate of two ...

Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations

The Conversation A few years ago, the Brics grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience ...

World’s worst currency flips to best, hurting Zimbabwe’s economy

Bloomberg In most countries, the currency turning from the world’s worst to best in the space of a month would be good ...

9 months ago | July 17, 2023

 UK economy is likely to fall further behind Euro area next year

Bloomberg Britain’s economic growth will fall further behind the euro area next year, and inflation will remain ...

EU’s carbon border tax: new report shows Africa could lose ...

The Conversation A new European law that imposes the first-ever carbon border tax in the world comes into force in ...

9 months ago | July 14, 2023

African women lead the way in global boardrooms

At the age of 39, Faith Nkatha Gitonga is way ahead of the game. In just over a decade, the Kenyan fintech ...

ESG – Superior or just unique?

An article published by Bloomberg (2022) states that one in three dollars managed globally in 2021 was invested in ...

Higher interest rates needed to reach 2pc inflation goal

Three Federal Reserve officials on Monday said policymakers will need to raise interest rates further this year to bring ...

Bear market rally or new bull market?

With the S&P 500 having rallied over 20 percent since its October lows, a number arbitrarily chosen to indicate a ...

10 months ago | July 7, 2023

El Niño likely to threaten lives

El Niño has officially begun. UN says phenomenon likely to threaten lives, break temperature records The UN weather ...

Who decides what ESG is, how to make investments greener

More than 30 US states have proposed or implemented legislation in recent years to stop the government and its pension ...

Clean energy adoption: Mining companies starting to lead the way

The South African mining industry is transforming itself by embracing clean energy technology and investing heavily in ...

Millions are joining Meta’s Threads app as Twitter alternative

More than 10 million users signed up for Meta Platforms new app Threads, designed as a direct rival to Twitter and the ...

Fed’s Logan says more rate hikes needed to slow hot inflation

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said more interest-rate increases will likely be needed to spur ...

10 months ago | June 30, 2023

Surprisingly strong US economic data keeps recession fears at bay

A flurry of data showed surprising strength in several corners of the US economy, painting a picture of resilience and ...