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South Africa’s 36.1% electricity price hike for 2025: why the power utility Eskom’s request is unrealistic
18th October 2024 South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity... →
Tunisian MPs propose bill stripping central bank of exclusivity on interest rates, ending its independence
By: Reuters 18th October 2024 Tunisia's central bank will no longer have the exclusive power to adjust interest rates or foreign exchange policy, and must only take such action... →
Is your iPhone “illegal”?
18th October 2024 Vertical integration is a powerful strategy employed by businesses to control more than one stage of their supply chain. By integrating operations... →
UN envoy proposes Western Sahara partition plan
By: Reuters 17th October 2024 The United Nations envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario... →
Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high
17th October 2024 Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country. To... →
Powering trade: Fine-tuning trade policy for solar and wind energy value chains
17th October 2024 Renewable energy has the power to decouple our prosperity from the CO2 emissions that fuel global warming. Moreover, it has the potential to bring... →
Tigray must avert another cycle of war
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th October 2024 As tensions between two TPLF factions rise, urgent measures are needed to prevent another crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. After two years of... →
ANC’s primary objective is outright electoral majority, GNU was a ‘tactical choice’, says Mbalula 
By: Sashnee Moodley 16th October 2024 African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said on Wednesday that the Government of National Unity, which the party entered into... →
