Global markets face Monday test as rate hopes meet rising borrowing costs
Global markets approach Monday, 5 October, with competing signals: Friday’s Wall Street rally offers support, while rising bond yields threaten ...
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Month: October 2026
On this day in 1957: Sputnik and the dawn of the space age
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, opening the space age and ...
On this day in 1990: The midnight that reunited Germany and reshaped Europe
On 3 October 1990, Germany became one country again after more than four decades of division. Crowds gathered in Berlin ...
Ghana’s mobile-money economy reaches €345 billion as fintech becomes core infrastructure
Ghana’s mobile-money economy reached approximately €345 billion in transaction value during 2025, underlining how deeply digital finance has become embedded ...
Ghana places gold at the centre of its currency strategy as GoldBod takes over FX role
Ghana is placing gold at the centre of its foreign-exchange strategy as the Ghana Gold Board, known as GoldBod, assumes ...
Tanzania’s digital economy accelerates as internet connections reach 62.8 million
Tanzania’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, with internet subscriptions reaching almost 63 million and strengthening the infrastructure needed for the ...
Tanzania takes fintech into the classroom as financial literacy enters higher education
Tanzania is taking an important step in its digital-finance strategy by making financial literacy, including fintech, part of the country’s ...
Arab, African and European markets open cautiously as yields and oil shape sentiment
Markets across the Arab world, Africa and Europe opened against a difficult global backdrop on Friday, with investors watching rising ...
MNT-Halan heads for the stock market as Egypt’s fintech unicorn signals a new era for African finance
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first fintech unicorn, is preparing to enter the public markets in a listing that could mark an important ...
Russia pushes military spending above $200 billion as global arms race accelerates
Russia is preparing its largest defence budget since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. But when Moscow’s plans are compared ...
