Military Power in Africa 2025: Beyond Troop Numbers and Budgets
18/11/2025Africa’s militaries are often judged by the size of their armies or the heft of their budgets, but 2025 is showing us that power isn’t just about numbers. Recent analyses.
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Climate Change
COP30
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How COP30 Is Laying the Foundations for a Just Global Transition
18/11/2025The global climate negotiations in Belém have entered a decisive chapter. As the climate crisis accelerates, the world’s financial, ethical, and institutional systems stand at an inflexion point. Day Six.
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Economy
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Trade and Investment
South Africa’s Credit Rebound: What S&P’s Upgrade Signals for Global Investors
17/11/2025South Africa has emerged from nearly two decades of credit stagnation as S&P Global upgraded its long-term foreign-currency sovereign credit rating from BB- to BB, marking the first upgrade since.
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Finance
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Innovation
FNB and Mastercard Simplify Africa’s Cross-Border Payments
12/11/2025Millions of Africans rely on remittances to sustain families, fund education, and power small businesses. The ability to send money quickly and affordably across borders is more than a financial.
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Economy
Gaming Industry
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South Africa’s R1.5 Trillion Gambling Industry: Growth, Risk, and Reckoning
04/11/2025In recent years, the global gambling and gaming industry has undergone tectonic shifts. Freed from the confines of land-based casinos, wagering has migrated en masse to mobile screens, propelled by.
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Economy
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Tourism Africa
Grand Egyptian Museum Signals New Era for African Heritage and Tourism
31/10/2025There’s a cultural and economic renaissance unfolding on the banks of the Nile, powered by the timeless currency of civilisation itself. Two decades of ambition, delay, and determination later, Egypt.
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2025 G20
Global Leadership
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G20 2025: Africa’s Strategic Turn in Global Leadership
30/10/2025The G20, an international forum uniting 19 nations plus two regional blocs, commands striking global reach and influence. Its member states account for approximately 85 per cent of global gross domestic product.
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Finance
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Trade and Investment
From Aid to Investment: Africa’s Defining Economic Shift in RMB’s 2025/26 Outlook
29/10/2025Africa’s growth story is being rewritten, not through aid dependency, but through investment, trade, and self-determination. The newly released Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) “Where to Invest in Africa 2025/26” (WTIIA).
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Economy
Finance
Highlights
Four African States Exit FATF Grey List: Can They Maintain the Reforms?
27/10/2025When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso had been removed from its grey list of countries under increased monitoring, it marked.
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Democracy In Africa
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Politics & Policy
Coalition Politics in Africa: The New Face of Inclusive Democracy
24/10/2025For decades, the story of politics in much of Africa was one of dominance, where a single party often spoke for an entire nation. Today, that narrative is beginning to.
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