Who Will End Up Repaying Your University Loans?
Increasingly for English students, the answer is “you” not “the taxpayer”.
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Family Office Cash Drives New York Luxury Hotel Buying Spree
Gencom, a Miami-based real estate developer and operator, has snapped up two New York City luxury hotels in the past …
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Stiff competition for standout talent is prompting more managers to reward the very best, while ignoring the rest.
Bosses Ditch ‘Peanut-Butter’ Pay in Favor of Giving Big Raises to Top Talent Read MorePrivate investors eye Africa’s electricity transmission opportunity
Solving Africa’s energy challenges is often framed as a matter of generating more power, whether it be from solar panels, …
Private investors eye Africa’s electricity transmission opportunity Read MoreEgypt’s bid to anchor a Cairo to Cape Town African trade highway
In November 2025 Hossam El-Din Mustafa, an Egyptian deputy minister of transport, announced that about 80% of the Cairo to …
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Capitalising Africa’s youth dividend
The Africa Business Forum 2026 concluded in Addis Ababa, Tuesday with a strong call for long-term, risk-tolerant investment to unlock …
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AI in Africa’s universities: Bridging the gap between promise and readiness
Africa’s universities are at a pivotal moment in the digital age. A recent study, Harnessing AI for Higher Education in …
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Two weeks of competition wraps up in Italy this weekend as the Winter Olympics draws to a close. While the …
Will the Winter Olympics kickstart African winter sports? Read MoreCommodity boom helps to drive JSE confidence
Analysts are forecasting a boom of activity on South Africa’s capital markets this year, with listings on the JSE expected …
Commodity boom helps to drive JSE confidence Read MoreAfrica needs patient capital for the long term
Africa does not suffer from a lack of opportunity. It suffers from a shortage of institutional capital platforms capable of …
Africa needs patient capital for the long term Read MoreThe business of water takes centre stage in Africa’s development debate
Water and sanitation were the main themes of the 2026 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, with governments, development partners …
The business of water takes centre stage in Africa’s development debate Read MoreMeloni’s Ethiopia visit firms up Italy’s Africa plans
Italy’s prime minister Georgia Meloni visited Ethiopia last week in a bid to shore up the country’s diplomatic and commercial …
Meloni’s Ethiopia visit firms up Italy’s Africa plans Read MoreAfrica stakes its claim in the global AI race
As artificial intelligence becomes a defining driver of global economic competitiveness, the India AI Summit has emerged as an influential …
Africa stakes its claim in the global AI race Read MoreElectric dreams: Africa’s energy sector faces pivotal choices
Africa’s long-standing struggles with energy access are coming into sharper focus than ever at the start of 2026. Just four …
Electric dreams: Africa’s energy sector faces pivotal choices Read MoreCan decentralised solutions close Africa’s sanitation gap?
In the hardware markets of Nairobi, Lagos and Accra, amid stacks of cement and piping, a quieter revolution is under …
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