What does 22 years of data tell us about the nature of the economic relationship between Beijing and the African continent? FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin talks to Oyintarelado Moses, lead author of a report from Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center and the African Economic Research Consortium. Source link
In a new report published on Thursday UNDP said that the middle class has shrunk by half, compared with before the 2021 military coup, and that three quarters of the country’s population is either living in poverty or “perilously close” to the national poverty line. “The new data show that less than 25 per cent … Read more
RSA Insurance today confirmed its new regional trading structure ahead of the integration of NIG on 1 May. It follows the announcement of the commercial lines leadership team under Sonya Bryson, pictured, in February. Moira Spencer and Deena Hemming have been appointed as trading directors for the North and South respectively. Reporting to Steve Scott, regional … Read more
As the electrification of the automotive industry continues at great pace, transforming all aspects of the sector’s ecosystem, memory and storage solutions provider Micron Technology has made its latest move in the software-defined vehicle area by qualifying a full suite of automotive-grade memory and storage solutions for the Qualcomm Technologies Snapdragon Digital Chassis cloud-connected platform. … Read more
The US consumer price index for March stood 3.5 percent higher than a year earlier, as inflation proved stickier than expected. A rate cut from the Federal Reserve, anticipated for June, is now in doubt. Also in this edition: the UN’s climate chief calls for a new finance deal for developing countries, saying nations have … Read more