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BRICS’ $1Bn Loan to SA Challenges Traditional Financial Institutions

BRICS’ $1Bn Loan to SA Challenges Traditional Financial Institutions

      By: David Shoombe   South Africa has secured a $1 billion loan from BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB) for infrastructure upgrades to projects such as energy, roads and ports. According to the bank, in the past 10…

G7 Summit Outcomes to Prove Critical for Africa

G7 Summit Outcomes to Prove Critical for Africa

  By: David Shoombe   Amid global uncertainty and rising fuel and commodity prices, the Group of Seven (G7) Summit draws attention as a platform to address global security, economic imbalances, and competition. The summit is being held in Évian-les-Bains,…

International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) stated that workers have a right to strike. The court was approached by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 2023 for an advisory opinion on the ILO Convention of 1948 and its…

Technology

Eutelsat Low-Orbit Satellite Internet Service Launched in Namibia

        By: Dwight Links   Twoobii-OneWeb, a Eutelsat OneWeb high speed Low Earth Orbit satellite service, was launched in Windhoek last week to improve nationwide internet access. Namibian-based internet service provision companies Q-Kon, Echo Namibia and Oblixx…

Global Electric Car Sales Increased by 20% in 2025

    By: Dwight Links   An outlook report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that electric vehicle sales saw an upward trajectory in 2025. “Electric car sales grew by 20% globally to exceed 20 million in 2025, meaning…

AI Adoption is Not At All What it Seems

  By: Dwight Links   Three developments on the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and the proponents aiming to make it the epicentre of our lives were dealt major blows in the advertisement of what AI can be. Three court…

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