Ethiopia’s multibillion dollar Bishoftu hub aims to reshape African aviation

About forty kilometres south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has begun building one of the most ambitious aviation projects ever attempted on the continent: Bishoftu International Airport, a new mega hub designed to anchor the future growth of Ethiopian Airlines and entrench the country’s role as Africa’s main gateway. At a groundbreaking......

Morocco tests digital dirham for cross-border payments

Morocco has begun cautious but concrete trials of a central bank digital currency, as Bank Al‑Maghrib pilots a digital dirham for peer‑to‑peer and cross‑border transactions. Governor Abdellatif Jouahri has described the initiative as a strategic, gradual shift in payment infrastructure, supported by analytical work conducted with the......

Global finance braces for mounting Iran crisis risks

Banks, hedge funds and insurers spent the weekend racing to map out their exposure to the Middle East as the escalating confrontation between Iran, the United States and Israel disrupted markets, travel and business operations across the Gulf. The latest round of strikes, which hit targets in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states,......

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