EconomyTop StoriesExpensive housing market hurts Nigeria citizens further amid uncontrollable inflationGBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 2023March 24, 202301664 Nigeria’s inflation rate hit a fresh 17-year high of 21.91% in the early half of 2023
Banking and FinanceTop StoriesAmid banking crisis, Fed Chair Jerome Powell decides against relaxing monetary policiesGBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 202301458 Fed chair Jerome Powell has now called SVB an outlier that had failed badly.
EconomyTop StoriesAmid neck-breaking inflation, Kenya now faces higher fuel pricesGBO CorrespondentMarch 23, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 23, 202301421 After the review in mid-November of last year, fuel prices in Kenya have stayed steady
EconomyTop StoriesFall in inflation, higher ratings: Saudi economy receives boosts furtherGBO CorrespondentMarch 23, 2023March 23, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 23, 2023March 23, 202301589 According to Saudi Arabia's General Directorate for Statistics, actual rents for housing grew by 8.3% in February 2023, including a 21.4% increase in flat rents
EnergyTop StoriesShell decides against ambitious goal for end-user emissions amid its increasing EV pushGBO CorrespondentMarch 22, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 22, 202301254 Shell plans to reduce its portfolio's carbon intensity by 20% by 2030 and 100% by 2050
TechnologyTop StoriesEmmett Shear out, Dan Clancy in: All you need to know about Twitch CEO changeGBO CorrespondentMarch 22, 2023March 22, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 22, 2023March 22, 202302095 With Dan Clancy becoming the new Twitch CEO, the platform now faces a renewed wave of social media outbursts against its new revenue policy
EconomyTop StoriesLayoffs 2023: US continues to bleed as 21,000 techies get the axe in FebruaryGBO CorrespondentMarch 21, 2023March 21, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 21, 2023March 21, 202301198 Layoffs are often the final step in a company's cost-cutting strategy if things continue to chill
EconomyTop StoriesEyeing to boost its economy, China lifts visa curbs on foreign arrivalsGBO CorrespondentMarch 21, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 21, 202301221 The updated policy will enable the resumption of visa-free travel for those arriving on cruise ships in Shanghai
TechnologyTop StoriesAI battle is on: It’s gonna be Anthropic’s Claude vs OpenAI’s ChatGPTGBO CorrespondentMarch 20, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 20, 202301650 Anthropic's study into developing helpful, trustworthy, and harmless AI systems led to Claude, a next-generation AI assistant
CurrencyTop StoriesMore misery for crypto sector as troubled Silvergate announces business closureGBO CorrespondentMarch 20, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 20, 202301124 Silvergate lost the support of two big companies in the cryptocurrency industry: Coinbase and Paxos