South Africa prepares to host the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum to review critical challenges and obstacles adversely impacting on trade opportunities and economic cooperation between the United States and Africa. The United States first introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in 2000. It is the...
No two crises are alike. That is true of recent financial upheavals – the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, the dot-com crisis of 2000, and the global financial crisis of 2008-09. It is also the case with crises sparked by geostrategic shocks, such as wars, pestilence, famine,...
When a bank fails, attention inevitably turns to its regulators. Who was asleep at the wheel? Who failed to spot the warning signs? The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is no exception.
In the United States, these questions are often directed at many different agencies, since the system is...
Europe can heave a sigh of relief – for now. Thanks to an exceptionally mild winter and a well-designed strategy of supply diversification and consumption-reduction measures, the continent avoided what could have been a catastrophic energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Its untapped gas-storage capacity is at around...
The Prime Minister will host a UK-African Investment Summit in London on 23-24 April 2024.
The Summit will bring together Heads of State and Government from 24 African countries with British and African business leaders. It will strengthen UK-African partnerships to create jobs and growth, supporting British and African talent...
The biggest military-led cyber exercise in Western Europe has taken place in Tallinn, Estonia with 34 teams from 11 countries, including Ukraine, going into a live-fire cyber battle.
Organised by a team of cyber specialists from the British Army, Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) was the culmination of more than...
The Russian Foreign Ministry is preparing for the second Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg in July 2023. At the Russian Foreign Ministry, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov, has held a special meeting...
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has announced Civil Service industrial action that will impact Border Force operations.
Border Force strike proposed dates
Dates
1 February
2 February (until 7am)
Locations
The proposed strike action will impact international arrivals at all UK air and maritime ports as well as those travelling to...
About 300 entrepreneurs, investors and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, the investment-focused ‘Innovators’ Gathering’, honouring the influx of two-way investment and trade opportunities set to be announced at the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit.
‘The Innovators’ Gathering: Investing in U.S.-Africa Cultural and Economic Ties’ was...
Certainly, it can be described as an irreversible historical landmark as United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his administration are set to renew their commitments and hold discussions relating to the global economy, democracy and governance, climate change, health and security, women, youth, and education during the...