Here's what happened: A payment that used to take three to five days now takes seven seconds. Costs dropped 98%. A cobalt shipment from Congo to Shanghai now settles in Chinese yuan, without touching ...

IBA—the International Boxing Association—sent the money to medallists of different countries in June 2024, using Convera, a global leader in foreign exchange products and services and ...

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to ...

State-owned Uganda National Oil Company plans to borrow $2 billion from a unit of global commodities trader Vitol to fund construction of infrastructure projects, including a crude refinery, according ...

Gurinder Chadha’s Christmas Karma reimagines Dickens’ classic with Bollywood flair, but weak writing and schmaltzy songs make ...

Amin and the Ugandan dictator who succeeded him, Yoweri Museveni, are the twin subjects of a new book, Slow Poison, an ...

Commodity trading giant Vitol will lend Uganda $2 billion to finance oil-related infrastructure, including a long-delayed ...

Elon Musk has outlined a future where money loses its purpose and energy becomes the core unit of value in society, driven by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and robotics. Speaking on a ...

National oil companies are increasingly setting the pace in global energy investment, outspending majors, locking up ...

Nadine was a top student at her high school in eastern Congo. Then, in April, she was gang-raped by four men as she was ...

First, for the fallen soldiers of 2025. For the names we typed with shaky fingers. For the lives that logged off forever. For the candles lit quietly in sitting rooms, churches, timelines, and ...