Meet Bajabulile "Swazi" Tshabalala, SA's candidate for President of the African Development Bank. She has over 30 years worth of experience in the financial/banking sector & has held senior positions at Transnet. The campaign is led by Ayanda Dlodlo #BSTBSTforAfDB Swazi Tshabalala

10 years ago, Indonesia supplied just 6% of global nickel. Today, it’s 60%. How? Protectionist policies banned raw nickel exports, forcing foreign companies, especially from China to invest in Indonesian smelters. Now, Indonesia dominates the nickel market.

It was a privilege to be part of the delegation delivering President Ramaphosa’s special message to President Museveni as I announce my AfDB candidacy. Our discussions reinforced the power of African partnerships in shaping the continent’s economic future. #BST #BSTforAfrica

David Kelly of JPMorgan, $JPM: "The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine."

🚨🚨🚨Trump says he sent a letter to Iran's Supreme leader on Thursday and stresses he prefers getting a deal with Iran on its nuclear program

Please take note that there are products not subject to new tariffs by Trump. These include some key exports to the United States from RSA, such as manganese, uranium, chrome, coal, fluorspar. Also included is scrap of these materials and stainless steel scrap.

Trump’s tariffs hit African countries hard. Is this the end of AGOA? Lesotho – 50% Madagascar – 47% Botswana – 37% Nigeria – 14% That’s a sharp contrast to AGOA—the U.S. policy that’s long allowed African countries to export duty-free. We raised questions on the future of

Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

This evening I get to hear from the "trade policy czar..." yho...

Does anyone know Robert Lighthizer' twitter handle...

Yho..yho..yho

Industrial policy is BACK! AMERICA FIRST IS INDUSTRIAL Policy.

A brave person.

LUNGILE MASHELE: Africa urgently needs efforts to meet energy needs through self-sufficiency and innovation. As Kwame Nkrumah famously said, “We face neither East nor West; we face forward.” businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/col… BusinessLIVE

The people in that Oval Room have no real grasp of how South Africa’s tech landscape is structured. We already have a diverse ecosystem of ISPs and infrastructure players working to bridge the digital divide. Our challenges aren’t due to a lack of satellites, they stem from

Interesting seeing the contrast in international coverage of Ramaphosa’s visit vs some of the local coverage. The former characterizes CR as having being ‘prepared’, ‘calm’ and qualifies Trump’s claims as ‘lies’ ‘baseless’. The latter tends to catastrophise events, all gloom

Some of you have never led anything, and its shows.

yi protocol sani man, suzihlaza! Yijonge olu hlobo: kwi presser ze EFF u Marshall, Omphile or Godrich abathethi Julius engabanikanga platform. & that's just at Winnie Mandela House, imagine ke ngoku mfethu e Oval Office. Awugxumpuleki okwephela emasini. Uyayifuman chap!

The United States last week withdrew from participation in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development to be held in Sevilla, Spain next week. In remarks to U.N. member states, the U.S. Rep said the following: *We no longer reaffirm the 2030 Agenda for