Month: March 2026

A costly experiment gives way to strategic recalibrationMeta is increasingly stepping back from its once-ambitious metaverse strategy, signalling a broader ...

Africa must pivot towards innovation-led growth driven by data and frontier technologies

A structural shift is required to unlock long-term economic potentialAfrica stands at a critical economic crossroads, where future growth will ...

US banking rules set for easing as capital requirements decline

Regulators signal shift towards flexibility in capital frameworkThe United States’ largest banks could see their capital requirements reduced by 2.4% ...

Visa prepares payment systems for AI-driven transactions

Payments giant moves to support autonomous commerceVisa is developing new infrastructure to enable payments initiated directly by artificial intelligence agents, ...

Trump sparks backlash with Pearl Harbor remark during Iran war discussion

A controversial comment in a tense geopolitical momentUS President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after invoking Japan’s 1941 Pearl ...

Fred Kwaku Gyamfi appointed to strengthen MSTRpay’s Ghana strategy

MSTRpay has expanded its West African footprint with the appointment of Mr Fred Kwaku Gyamfi as a non-exclusive country agent ...

Global stocks rise after US inflation cools

Global markets reel as Iraq crisis triggers sharp volatility across asset classes

Global financial markets turned sharply volatile on Thursday as a rapidly escalating crisis in Iraq sent shockwaves through equities, commodities ...

Mumbai market opens mixed as domestic strength offsets global concerns

Mumbai’s equity markets opened mixed on Friday, with domestic resilience helping to counterbalance global volatility, as investors weighed strong local ...

Singapore market opens cautiously as investors track oil and regional risk