Financial insights
Oil prices retreat sharply after Trump signals Iran war may end soon
Global oil prices continued to fall during overnight trading into Tuesday after a dramatic surge the previous day, as markets...
Asian markets open higher as Kospi leads regional gains
Asian stock markets opened mostly higher on Tuesday as investors reacted to stabilising global sentiment and easing concerns in commodity...
On this day
On this day in 1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
On 10 March 1969, James Earl Ray formally pleaded guilty in a Tennessee court to the assassination of American civil...
MSTRpay
MSTRPay expands West Africa footprint with Togo partnership talks
MSTRPay AB has received a formal Letter of Intent (LOI) from Togo-based Société Générale de Micro & Méso Finance (SOGEMEF...
Iran
Iran vows oil blockade will continue until attacks stop
Iran’s government has declared that its blockade affecting oil shipments in the Persian Gulf will remain in place until military...
US politics
Trump advisers push for Iran exit strategy as war risks political backlash
Several of US President Donald Trump’s own advisers are urging him to find an “exit ramp” from the escalating conflict...
Ukraine
Trump signals easing of oil sanctions after call with Putin
US President Donald Trump has indicated that Washington may temporarily ease certain oil-related sanctions following a phone call with Russian...
Africa
Debate grows over Macky Sall as potential successor to UN chief António Guterres
Speculation that former Senegalese president Macky Sall could emerge as a candidate to succeed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is...
Blockchain
Crypto markets gain as Trump sends mixed signals on Iran conflict
Cryptocurrency markets moved higher as investors reacted to mixed signals from US President Donald Trump regarding the ongoing war involving...
AI
UK launches sovereign AI fund to strengthen domestic computing power
The United Kingdom is moving to expand its domestic artificial intelligence capabilities through a new sovereign AI fund designed to...
Banking
The AI prompt that should terrify every banker: ‘optimise my idle cash’
A simple artificial intelligence instruction — “optimise my idle cash” — could signal a profound shift in the global banking...
Climate & Energy
Climate aid cuts risk deepening crisis in the global south
Reductions in international climate aid are increasingly being described by analysts and development organisations as a major setback for vulnerable...
Business of the week
Dangote Group: from small trading firm to Africa’s industrial powerhouse
Few business stories in Africa illustrate entrepreneurial scale as clearly as the rise of the Dangote Group. What began as...
Newshub long read
Iran and the world: a long history of empire, faith, and geopolitical power
Iran, historically known as Persia, is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilisations, with political and cultural traditions stretching back...
Hidden financial giants
HDFC Bank: India’s hidden financial giant powering a banking revolution
While global attention often focuses on India’s technology sector, one of the country’s most powerful financial institutions has quietly grown...
Hidden giants: The Rabiu family and Nigeria’s quiet financial powerhouse
While Africa’s billionaire class is often associated with headline names and high-profile conglomerates, one family has built a vast financial-industrial...
Hidden Giants in Finance: Euronet and the invisible rails moving US$200bn a year
Every day, trillions of digital signals move quietly between banks, wallets, ATMs, and payment apps — and behind much of...
America’s quietly powerful Pritzker dynasty
Few families shape global capital as discreetly as the Pritzkers. Best known publicly for building the hotel empire behind Hyatt...
Europe’s hidden financial giant: the foundation behind IKEA
Behind one of the world’s most recognisable retail brands sits a little-known Dutch foundation that quietly controls assets worth tens...
The Grosvenor family (Duke of Westminster)
Few fortunes in Britain are as substantial — or as discreet — as that of the Grosvenor family, headed today...
Sweden’s hidden giants: How Wallenberg and Rausing compare on the global ownership stage
Two Swedish industrial spheres — the Wallenberg network and the Rausing family — quietly control capital measured in trillions of...