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IEA, IMF, World Bank warn Middle East war shock still rippling through energy, food, jobs

The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group have warned that the economic and energy shock from the war in the Middle East remains severe, highly uncertain and disproportionately harmful to low-income countries that import energy.

SA Finance Minister, Reserve Bank Governor head to Spring Meetings as global lenders warn on Middle East war shock

South Africa’s (SA) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago will lead the country’s delegation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. this week, as the heads of both institutions raise fresh alarm over the global economic fallout from the war in the Middle East.

UN urges US, Iran to keep talking as Hormuz disruption strands 20 000 seafarers, threatens food supplies

United Nations (UN) Secretary‑General António Guterres has called on the United States (US) and Iran to continue negotiations aimed at ending their weeks‑long war, stressing that there is no military solution and that the ceasefire must hold.

SA Technology Innovation Agency moves to curb innovation fragmentation through new partnerships

South Africa’s (SA) Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) says it is strengthening the country’s innovation landscape by building a more coordinated ecosystem that helps move locally developed technologies from research to commercially viable businesses.

Only 3% of IMF tax advice targets wealth as billionaire fortunes surge: Oxfam report

Oxfam has raised fresh questions about the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) tax policy advice, claiming that only 3% of more than 1 000 tax recommendations made by the Fund to governments in recent years focused on taxing wealth or income derived from wealth.

Agenda 2063 aims to deliver “the Africa we want” by 2063: former AU Strategist

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s (AU) long-term development blueprint, adopted to guide the continent towards “the Africa we want” by 2063, marking 100 years since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

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IEA, IMF, World Bank warn Middle East war shock still rippling through energy, food, jobs

SA Finance Minister, Reserve Bank Governor head to Spring Meetings as global lenders warn on Middle East war shock

UN urges US, Iran to keep talking as Hormuz disruption strands 20 000 seafarers, threatens food supplies

SA Technology Innovation Agency moves to curb innovation fragmentation through new partnerships

Only 3% of IMF tax advice targets wealth as billionaire fortunes surge: Oxfam report

Agenda 2063 aims to deliver “the Africa we want” by 2063: former AU Strategist

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