We’re all feeling the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war. Fuel prices are painful. Food prices are skyrocketing. Countries across Africa are grappling with soaring prices of basic staples. Yet if implemented effectively the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could alleviate food and fuel shortages across the continent — some in the short-term, others in the longer term....

I, like many, held my breath this week as French voters went to the polls. After years of seeing the economic, social and environmental damage created by Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi and Viktor Orbán, I shuddered at the thought of having Marine le Pen at the helm of a major European power....

It was Easter weekend three years ago when Durban was hit by more than 165mm of rain, the heaviest 24-hour downpour since 1985. Just three years later, on the eve of the Easter holiday, we have beaten that record....

In one of the largest energy supply shocks yet, forecasts show crude is likely to top $200 a barrel...

The sanctions imposed against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine are not the first time oil embargoes have been used as a political tool. History tells us that the latest wave of embargoes will lead to positive long-term benefits: innovation, efficiency and more self-sufficiency....

Design is based on historical data that is not adequate anymore for the increasing severity of global warming....

The financial sector can protect itself by cutting exposure to climatic shocks and invest in sustainable projects...

Central banks around the world are scrambling to implement measures to bring down inflation....

Roosevelt’s New Deal in the Dust Bowl thick of the Great Depression is an approach worth examining....

The commodity sector has long been defined by its price cyclicality — peak-trough-peak movements — often referred to as booms and busts. Though cyclicality has been a prominent feature of the sector for centuries, we still tend to become over-optimistic that booms will last forever....

Neither $8.5bn from the US and Europe nor the risk of restrictions is likely to cause immediate political change....

Affordability of basic services is important to constituents, and renewable energy could drastically reduce costs....