International
6 months ago | October 31, 2023
Bitcoin’s big moves are being magnified by a protracted lack of ...
Bloomberg A protracted dearth of liquidity in cryptocurrency markets is playing a key role in the more than 10% swings ...
6 months ago | October 30, 2023
Amazon’s $400bn rally hinges on cloud results: Tech watch
Bloomberg Amazon.com’s run as one of the best stocks this year will likely come down to the performance of a single ...
Saudi Arabia seeks trade deals, mulls Brics offer to lift exports
Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is looking to sign more free trade agreements and still considering joining the Brics club of ...
Russia hikes interest rates despite world’s biggest currency surge
Bloomberg Russia’s central bank raised interest rates far more than forecast, alarmed that inflationary risks are still ...
6 months ago | October 27, 2023
Traditional farming methods save the day for Zim farmers
When small-holder farmer Gift Chisvo was given land in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province in the early 2000s under a land ...
The climate crisis has a price and it’s US$391m a day
Damage from the global climate crisis has amounted to US$391 million per day over the past two decades, a report showed. ...
Balancing Africa’s energy security needs
African energy leaders and global investors attended African Energy Week in Cape Town last week to find ways of “making ...
Inflation: The good and the bad news
South Africa beat England in World Cup games in cricket and rugby last week. The latter, a semi-final match-up, was a ...
‘World Bank, IMF need to keep reforming’
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are being challenged to make substantial reforms so that they become ...
Strongest US economic growth since 2021 puts Fed in tough spot
US economy likely expanded in the third quarter at the fastest clip in nearly two years, a surprising acceleration ...
US brands hand out freebies as online ads lose appeal
Online ads are delivering less bang for the click these days, so brands are turning to an old brick-and-mortar marketing ...
6 months ago | October 24, 2023
IMF assists RBZ to implement international banking regulations
Business Writer The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on the ...
6 months ago | October 20, 2023
Zim gets climate adaption funding from Canada
The Canadian Government has allocated US$15 million (Canadian) to support Mennonite Central Committee’s work in climate ...
‘Health and climate ministerial declaration’ draft under scrutiny
BERLIN. — A draft “health and climate ministerial declaration”, set to be released at the upcoming UN Climate Conference ...
Africa, India push rich nations to phase out fossil fuels faster
Six weeks ahead of the Cop28 climate talks, negotiators from Africa and India have set out separate plans to push ...
Is the global economy about to crack?
Until now, the US economy has been unwavering, with solid employment figures of around 400 000 new jobs per month. At an ...
World Bank approves green reforms, appeals for more money
The World Bank has officially expanded its mission to include climate change, while pushing ahead with reforms that ...
Wall Street shreds yen playbook
A chasm is opening up on Wall Street over the direction of the yen. On the one side: Goldman Sachs Group, Mizuho ...
World banks keep higher-for-longer interest rates to fight inflation
Central banks could keep interest rates higher for longer as they fight to curb inflation that remains stubbornly high ...
Nobel Prize laureate Goldin says ‘greedy jobs’ more flexible now
Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin (pictured right) has some words of advice for America’s companies: stay flexible. The ...
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