MSTRpay
Moses Joseph Dare appointed to drive MSTRPay’s Nigeria expansion
MSTRPay has formally strengthened its West African expansion strategy with the appointment of Mr. Moses Joseph Dare as a non-exclusive...
Financial insights
Asian markets open cautiously amid geopolitical and energy concerns
Major Asian equity markets opened mixed on...
Iran
Putin’s divide-and-rule strategy gains ground as US pressure strains NATO
The escalating dispute between the United States and its European allies over the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a fundamental...
On this day
On this day in 1906: The first monoplane made a flight of 12 metres
In March 1906, Romanian inventor Trajan Vuia carried out a short but historically meaningful flight of approximately 12 metres with...
US politics
US democracy falls to 1965 levels, V-Dem report finds
The state of democracy in the United States has fallen to levels comparable with 1965, according to new findings from...
AI
AI is becoming the new finance department for small businesses
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the way small businesses manage their finances, enabling owners to forecast cash flow, track payments...
Banking
How Gen Z and Millennials are Converging into a Single, Digitally Native Market
The once clear divide between millennials and Generation Z is rapidly dissolving as both cohorts increasingly behave as a single,...
Africa
Africa reckons with oil price spike as Iran war widens
African economies are facing mounting pressure as global oil prices surge following the widening conflict involving Iran. With many countries...
Blockchain
Boris Johnson calls Bitcoin a ‘Ponzi scheme’ in renewed cryptocurrency debate
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked controversy after describing Bitcoin as a “Ponzi scheme”, reigniting debate over the...
Climate & Energy
Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025
Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by only 0.1% in 2025, highlighting the country’s growing difficulty in meeting its ambitious climate...
Newshub long read
The rise and rupture of Noma: René Redzepi leaves the restaurant that changed global gastronomy – video
René Redzepi, the visionary Danish chef who transformed Copenhagen’s Noma into one of the most influential restaurants in modern culinary...
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...
Hidden financial giants
Hidden giants in Finance: Ant Group
While China’s financial system is often associated with large state-owned banks, one of the most influential forces in the country’s...
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...