For women-owned businesses, the funding gap is only half the problem
Funding alone won't close the gap for South African women entrepreneurs – unequal access to the wider business ecosystem is holding growth back too.
AI’s volatile power demand is damaging its own data centres
The problems are also a potential source of wider instability in power grids that are already straining to keep the lights on.
It’s golfers vs sand dunes in a Scottish planning fight
Developers promise jobs and ecological management, while conservationists warn the project threatens a rare protected habitat.
Donald Trump has made $2.2bn in his second term
How does that stack up against other US presidents?
Mind the gap – state execs earn millions
Civil Aviation Authority CEO salary is 93x that of lowest earners.
This history of currencies suggests the US dollar’s dominance may fade …
But it will happen slowly.
The world crossed a major solar milestone – no one noticed
Global solar deployment speeds up dramatically as the 3-terawatt threshold is reached in three years, while building the first terawatt took a decade.
Czech billionaires play outsized role in European M&A market
Growing foreign acquisitions by Czech investors are reshaping the country's economy and boosting income from assets held abroad.
El Niño could push millions into acute hunger, UN warns
The World Food Programme says the strongest El Niño in more than 70 years could sharply worsen food insecurity, with Latin America and the Caribbean hardest hit.
Tourism gets a boost from Africa’s largest 3D-printed structure
The Garden Route destination adds innovative attraction to strengthen the region's tourism.