MSTRpay
MSTRpay advances Cameroon expansion with licensed microfinance institution ADeC
MSTRPay AB continues to expand its Central Africa footprint following formal confirmation of cooperation interest from African Development Credit (ADeC...
Iran attacked
Israel and US strike Iranian-linked targets as regional tensions escalate
Israel and the United States have launched a new series of coordinated military strikes against Iranian-linked targets in the Middle...
On this day
On this day in 1986: Olof Palme assassinated in Stockholm
On 28 February 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead on a Stockholm street in one of the...
Financial insights
US and LATAM markets close week with cautious gains amid shifting global sentiment
Stock markets across the United States and Latin America ended Friday’s trading session with cautious gains as investors reacted to...
European markets close lower as investors digest economic data and policy signals
European stock markets closed Friday’s session slightly lower as investors weighed fresh economic data, corporate earnings reports and expectations around...
African markets close cautiously higher as banks and energy stocks support trading
Africa’s major stock markets ended Friday’s trading session with modest gains overall, supported by strong performances in banking and energy...
Asian markets close mixed as investors weigh global signals and regional growth outlook
Asian stock markets ended Friday’s trading session with mixed results as investors balanced strong corporate earnings in some sectors against...
Africa
The Gambia’s economy maintains growth momentum amid global uncertainty
The Gambian economy continues to demonstrate resilience and steady expansion despite an increasingly uncertain global economic environment. Recent data and...
What Africa’s banks can steal from China’s playbook
In 1994, a relatively modest development lender was launched in Beijing with $4.3bn in capital. Within two decades, it had...
US politics
Trump orders US agencies to halt use of Anthropic as OpenAI secures Pentagon AI deal
The administration of US President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to suspend the use of artificial intelligence systems developed...
Russian drone
Sweden jams Russian drone near French aircraft carrier amid hybrid war concerns
Sweden has reportedly jammed a suspected Russian drone operating near a French aircraft carrier during a security incident that has...
AI
Nokia and AWS pilot AI automation for real-time 5G network slicing
Telecommunications company Nokia and cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched a pilot project aimed at using artificial...
Banking
The real cost of cutting costs in digital banking
As banks race to reduce operational expenses and compete with fintech challengers, cost-cutting strategies in digital banking are increasingly under...
Is traditional banking dead? The branch fights back
For more than a decade, analysts have forecast the extinction of the traditional bank branch, arguing that digital channels would...
Climate & Energy
‘A devastating force’: How Mediterranean storms became serial tragedies
A succession of violent storms has battered the Mediterranean basin this year, prompting scientists to describe an ‘atmospheric machine-gun’ pattern...
Blockchain
Bitcoin tops $69.5K as equities rebound on strong earnings
Bitcoin climbed above $69,500 on Thursday, extending gains as global equity markets rebounded and robust corporate earnings data fuelled renewed...
Business of the week
From call centre to tech titan: GoTo’s meteoric rise reshapes Indonesia’s digital economy
GoTo — the technology powerhouse born from a humble ride-hailing service — has evolved into one of Indonesia’s most influential...
Hidden financial giants
Israel and US strike Iranian-linked targets as regional tensions escalate
Israel and the United States have launched a new series of coordinated military strikes against Iranian-linked targets in the Middle...
US-Iran nuclear talks end without deal as tensions and war fears intensify
Diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme ended without an agreement this week, as talks between the United...
Iran-US nuclear deal ‘within reach’ as third round of talks begin in Geneva
Geneva — Iran and the United States have reopened indirect nuclear negotiations amid cautious optimism that a diplomatic deal could...
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...
Newshub long read
Crowns and controversies: two centuries of scandal inside Britain’s royal family
For more than 200 years, the British monarchy has balanced ceremony with crisis, projecting stability while repeatedly confronting scandal —...