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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame (third from right) at the World Economic Forum. He said African start-ups lack funding at a global level

Business

In Davos, African nations want to tell a different story

From South Africa to Rwanda to Nigeria, African countries put on a show of force at the World Economic Forum this week, seeking to...

AFPJanuary 19, 2024

Kim Doan, head of investments at Earable, presents the "Brainband" at the Las Vegas tech show, January 7, 2024

Business

At CES, tech for sleep, not late night scrolling

Technology causes us to lose sleep, but can it also give it back?

AFPJanuary 11, 2024

Authorities also announced tourists will now pay for fuel in foreign currency and said the Central Bank was considering adjusting the exchange rate against the dollar

Business

Cubans fear worsening inflation as fuel price to soar 500%

Already under the yoke of inflation and product scarcity, many Cubans don’t know how they will cope with a new 500-percent surge in the...

AFPJanuary 9, 2024

At least 18 people died after the explosion and fire at Guinea's main fuel depot

World

Volunteers, aid workers rally to help Guinea after fuel depot fire

Foreign rescue and aid workers, along with the UN and volunteers, rallied Tuesday to help victims of the explosion and fire at Guinea’s main...

AFPDecember 19, 2023

World

How COP’s fossil fuel taboo was finally broken by the Emiratis

Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted...

AFPDecember 14, 2023

Spectacular: the UN COP28 summit in Dubai is being held on the old Expo 2020 site

World

To greenwash or do the right thing? Corporate dilemmas at COP28

They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the “green zone”. With the enormous former Expo...

AFPDecember 2, 2023

Business

Under fire, undermanned: Israel’s wartime economy soldiers on

When rocket sirens echo on the factory floor of Rav-Bariach Industries, Israel’s biggest maker of security doors, workers rush to take refuge in bomb...

AFPNovember 18, 2023

The ECB says banks are generally failing to take adequate action to limit climate change-related risk, and face financial sanction

Business

ECB threatens bank climate change laggards with financial penalties

The European Central Bank on Tuesday threatened to impose financial penalties on banks who are slow to minimise climate change-related risks stemming from their...

AFPNovember 14, 2023