Lever News· Oct 20, 2025 Offshoring For Me, Not For Thee, Says MAGA A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”
The Conversation· Oct 20, 2025The Erie Canal: How a ‘big ditch’ transformed America’s economy, culture and even religion Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025South Africa’s Absa steps up regulatory push with government The bank sees a “massive opportunity” in the restructuring of Africa’s largest economy, its chief executive told Semafor.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025Tanzania’s top bank to expand regionally CRDB is actively exploring new markets in its landlocked neighbors and beyond the continent, its chair told Semafor.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025Africa-focused asset manager Enko Capital raises $100M The fund aims to provide US dollar-denominated private credit to companies across sub-Saharan Africa.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025Africa is struggling with systemic ‘misallocation’ of funds, report says Africa is sitting on around $4 trillion in untapped capital resources, according to a new report from Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025Madagascar put on credit watch following coup Ratings agency S&P Global placed Madagascar on ‘CreditWatch’ with negative implications.
Semafor· Oct 20, 2025Gulf construction awards slump in third quarter Contract awards fell to the second-lowest level in ten quarters, an analysis found.
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