Demand for refurbished and secondhand phones increased in Africa last year, report finds
The smartphone market in the Middle East and Africa region experienced the highest rate of growth in 2023, reaching 8%, which was primarily influenced by increased affordability, expanding digitalization, and…
Nestle program to increase income of bean farmers in Africa leaves workers below living wage, report says
The Swiss food giant has enrolled 11,000 farming households in the leading agricultural region of Cote d’Ivoire in a program that pays farmers $535 in bonuses, and is expanding the…
Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill Are Charged with Operating Samourai Wallet, an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business That Executed Over $2 Billion in Unlawful Transactions and Laundered Over $100 Million…
Russia agreed to long-term gas supplies to China at 28% discount compared to EU
However, there is a nuance: in 2023, the discount compared to the EU prices for China was 37%, with the final price for gas at $286 per thousand cubic meters.…
US still wants Changpeng Zhao imprisoned
The U.S. prosecutor is seeking a three-year prison sentence for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, with the court hearing scheduled for April 30. Zhao has agreed to pay a $50 million…
China as the biggest beneficiary or green agenda
China has almost entirely captured the key segments in the green energy sector, as repeatedly stated by Xi Jinping. Now, green energy, not the housing market as before, is the…