International

3 months ago | February 2, 2024

Zim looks to China for place in EV battery supply chain

Wonder Mushove stared blankly at plumes of red dust billowing into the sky as more than 30 trucks carrying loads of ...

Microsoft, Alphabet under pressure to show AI earnings boost

For about a year, investors have bid up megacap tech shares on the theory that their exposure to artificial intelligence ...

Exporting green hydrogen from Africa to Europe: Italy makes its move

One of the new areas of cooperation between Italy and Africa is green hydrogen. The African continent has great ...

Impala Platinum sees 20pc decline in profit

Impala Platinum (Implats) on Wednesday said it expects at least a 20 percent decline in profit for the six months to ...

Climate change poses significant risk for SA insurers: Old Mutual

Climate change poses the most significant threat for South African insurance companies and risks raising premiums and ...

PayPal to cut 2,5k jobs as rivals snag market share

PayPal Holdings will reduce its workforce by about 9 percent as chief executive officer Alex Chriss, who took over in ...

3 months ago | January 31, 2024

China’s economic miracle continues

by Xin Ping The few China-naysayers must be surprised or even disappointed to see the Chinese economic performance data ...

3 months ago | January 30, 2024

Foreign-funded banks upbeat about China’s economic development

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — As China revealed data of its economic performance in 2023 recently, experts from ...

3 months ago | January 26, 2024

Zim looks to China to secure place in EV battery supply chain

Wonder Mushove stared blankly at plumes of red dust billowing into the sky as more than 30 trucks carrying loads of ...

Unleashing Africa’s Climate Finance with Billions of Carbon ...

Climate finance for the African continent witnessed a significant stride with the launch of the African Carbon Markets ...

24 ways to navigate 2024

Review your investment strategy from the get-go. Ensure you define your short-term and longer-term (retirement) goals ...

Trump, Haley tell voters: Economic prosperity requires fossil fuels

The New Hampshire primary elections, the first such elections held in the United States this year, were won by former ...

SAP plans 8000-job restructuring in AI bet, raises 2025 outlook

SAP SE is planning a restructuring that will affect about 8 000 jobs and increase the German software maker’s focus on ...

AI start-up strikes US$200m SPAC deal to list on Nasdaq

Fusemachines, which develops artificial intelligence products for enterprise use, is merging with a blank check company ...

EBay to cut 1 000 jobs, reduce contractors

EBay will cut about 1 000 jobs, or 9 percent of its full-time employees, and reduce work for its outside contractors, ...

Selling DaStory in Davos

While South Africans boil in the January heat, the global business elite is wrapped up in their warmest winter woolies ...

Saudi Arabia to start South African meat imports

Saudi Arabia will start importing South African beef and lamb products as part of an investment push into the ...

China is ramping up stimulus to boost market confidence

Expectations for more support from China to boost its economy and stock markets are rising— especially after the central ...

3 months ago | January 19, 2024

Climate change could claim 14,5 million lives by 2050: WEF

DAVOS — Climate change threatens to cause an additional 14,5 million deaths and US$12,5 trillion in economic losses ...

The small green solution to Africa’s big electricity problem

The now traditional early-January announcement of a new hottest year on record is a stark reminder — if one were needed ...