The 2026 edition of The Economist’s annual ‘The World Ahead’ report was released online on 10 November 2025. Between political sentiment in the US, the growth in popularity of weight… read more →
Few things on this planet are clearly visible from space: the Pyramids of Giza, the Amazon Rainforest, the Himalayan mountain range. Now, pools of blood saturating the ground of Sudan… read more →
It’s often easier to ship from Lagos to London than it is from Lagos to Nairobi: a fact which illustrates the nascent stages of intercontinental transport in the continent, but… read more →
As the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) transitions from reporting obligations to financial enforcement, the question of who bears the cost – and at what magnitude – is… read more →
While the imperative to address climate change remains universal, the standards required to achieve sustainability objectives are decidedly not. Western environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks for sustainable financing prove… read more →
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – the world’s most resource-rich region and home to much of the global commodity market – is not growing. A recent IMF report found a significant slowdown… read more →
Africa’s $120 billion trade finance gap isn’t just about capital scarcity, but about information asymmetry. Traditional environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) assessments may ask companies whether they have a supply chain policy, but that’s not what trade financiers really need to know.
Banks operating today are facing a myriad of challenges, from tariff adaptation to tech adoption. Multinational institutions must further grapple with changing regulations in a number of jurisdictions, on top… read more →
Walk through a bustling wholesale market in Mumbai, and it is impossible to miss the sheer variety of produce piled high in the stalls, such as fragrant spices, crates of… read more →
Mauritius, the tiny island country off the coast of East Africa, has been hailed as an African financial miracle. Despite its remote location and population of just over a million… read more →
