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Ruto’s mid-year scorecard: figures on rail, power and support for the elderly don’t add up
By: Africa Check 25th April 2025 Kenyan president William Ruto will be on a four-day state visit to China from 22 April 2025. This follows a trip in April by finance minister John... →
Renewables aspirant
By: Terence Creamer 25th April 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has outlined the case for why the State-owned utility will be entering the renewable-energy space more assertively over the... →
France and Africa adjust to new relationships
By: In On Africa IOA 24th April 2025 Analysis in brief: Franco-African relations have long been framed from the French perspective. However, as new nationalist sentiments sweep... →
Rating agencies don’t treat the Global South fairly: changes South Africa should champion in G20 hot seat
23rd April 2025 Credit rating agencies like S&P Global and Fitch have an outsized influence on the economic fortunes of developing countries. Their assessments... →
West Africa’s bold trade experiment turns 50: an Ecowas report card
23rd April 2025 The Economic Community of West African states (Ecowas) is set to mark 50 years in May 2025. It was established in 1975 by 16 member states. Though... →
Flooding incidents in Ghana’s capital are on the rise. Researchers chase the cause
23rd April 2025 Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4-million people were affected by flooding in 2024. In... →
South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Bridging the North-South Divide?
23rd April 2025 DIRCO Director-General and G20 Sherpa Zane Dangor emphasises that South Africa’s G20 presidency catalyses consensus in strengthening... →
Steady progress
By: Terence Creamer 18th April 2025 Methodical progress is being made ahead of the launch, later this year, of South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission... →
The age of stupidity: How to smash the world in the name of higher intelligence
By: Saliem Fakir 18th April 2025 What must be understood is that, in the age of stupidity, it’s not about stupid people doing stupid things; rather, it’s about those perceived to... →
