Impact Newswire

South Africa Public Investment Corporation Suspends CEO Following Whistleblower Allegations South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has suspended its Chief Executive Officer Abel Sithole following allegations contained in a whistleblower report.... https://impactnews-wire.com/south-africa-public-investment-corporation-suspends-ceo-following-whistleblower-allegations/

Development Banks Set Record Climate Finance of $162.5 Billion Despite World Bank Shift Multilateral development banks committed a record $162.5 billion in climate finance in 2025, marking a significant increase in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation projects.... https://impactnews-wire.com/development-banks-set-record-climate-finance-of-162-5-billion-despite-world-bank-shift/

MIGA, Deutsche Bank Launch €1bBillion Euro Trade Finance Plan for Developing Countries The World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and Deutsche Bank have launched a €1 billion ($1.17 billion) trade finance guarantee programme aimed at boosting access to credit in developing and conflict-affected countries.... https://impactnews-wire.com/miga-deutsche-bank-launch-e1bbillion-euro-trade-finance-plan-for-developing-countries/

Gold, Silver Rise as Investors Seek Safe Haven From Middle East War Risks Gold and silver prices rebounded on Tuesday as investors returned to precious metals amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, although expectations that higher oil prices could keep global interest rates elevated continued to cap gains.... https://impactnews-wire.com/gold-silver-rise-as-investors-seek-safe-haven-from-middle-east-war-risks/

ChatGPT Overtakes Facebook to Become Google’s Second Most Searched Query For years, the world's most popular Google searches have changed very little. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Amazon have consistently dominated the rankings, reflecting Google's role less as a tool for discovering information than as the internet's primary gateway to websites people already know.... https://impactnews-wire.com/chatgpt-overtakes-facebook-to-become-googles-second-most-searched-query/

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng Is Now the World’s Richest AI Startup Founder DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has become the world's wealthiest founder of a privately held artificial intelligence startup after a multibillion dollar fundraising catapulted the Chinese company into the top ranks of global AI firms, underscoring how rapidly China's generative AI industry has narrowed the gap with U.S.... https://impactnews-wire.com/deepseeks-liang-wenfeng-is-now-the-worlds-richest-ai-startup-founder/

An Israeli Company Is Quietly Arming American Police With Cell Phone Trackers Texas paid $4.5 million for four unmarked SUVs built with technology to intercept nearby phones. It is one of a growing list of U.S.... https://impactnews-wire.com/an-israeli-company-is-quietly-arming-american-police-with-cell-phone-trackers/

Crude Oil Jump 4% as Hormuz Conflict Fuels Supply Fears Global oil prices climbed more than 4% after fighting between the United States and Iran intensified around the Strait of Hormuz and raised fresh concerns over supply disruptions and tighter crude supplies.... https://impactnews-wire.com/crude-oil-jump-4-as-hormuz-conflict-fuels-supply-fears/

Namibia Secures China Deals Across Key Economic Sectors Namibia has signed a series of agreements with China covering infrastructure, mining, energy, agriculture and trade during President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's state visit to Beijing.... https://impactnews-wire.com/namibia-secures-china-deals-across-key-economic-sectors/

Africa Needs to Rethink How It Treats High Blood Pressure In a lecture hall in Potchefstroom, South Africa, a physiologist stood in front of colleagues, students and health officials and made a claim that runs against decades of standard medical practice: the blood pressure guidelines that shape treatment for hundreds of millions of Africans were largely built without Africans in mind.... https://impactnews-wire.com/africa-needs-to-rethink-how-it-treats-high-blood-pressure/

Nigeria Oil Output Reaches Six Year High Nigeria's crude oil production rose to an average of 1.56 million barrels per day in June, its highest monthly level since April 2020.... https://impactnews-wire.com/nigeria-oil-output-reaches-six-year-high/

Europe’s Latest Initiative Will Mobilise $94 Billion For Tech Scaleups The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the governments of all 27 European Union member states have launched the second phase of a technology investment initiative aimed at mobilising up to 80 billion euros ($94 billion) for high-growth European technology companies.... https://impactnews-wire.com/europes-latest-initiative-will-mobilise-94-billion-for-tech-scaleups/

South Africa Plans Biggest Oil Reserve Since Apartheid South Africa has unveiled plans to build a strategic oil reserve of 36 million barrels, its largest fuel stockpile since the apartheid era.... https://impactnews-wire.com/south-africa-plans-biggest-oil-reserve-since-apartheid/

INTERVIEW: Why Are Kenyan Consumers Shopping More But Buying Less? In this interview with Impact Newswire, Osato Igbinadolor, Country Manager for East Africa at Worldpanel by Numerator, explains why Kenyan consumers are shopping more often but buying less, how years of economic uncertainty have reshaped household spending habits, and why retailers and consumer goods companies can no longer rely on traditional assumptions about demand, loyalty and promotional cycles.... https://impactnews-wire.com/interview-why-are-kenyan-consumers-shopping-more-but-buying-less/

Why Is Chile’s Copper Output Falling So Sharply in 2026? Chile has long been the foundation of the global copper market, supplying roughly one in every four tons of copper mined worldwide.... https://impactnews-wire.com/why-is-chiles-copper-output-falling-so-sharply-in-2026/

OPINION: Carbon Credits Are Only as Credible as the Data Behind Them Clean cooking carbon credit projects address one of the most persistent energy challenges in the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over 2.1 billion people globally use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking, putting their health and well-being at risk.... https://impactnews-wire.com/opinion-carbon-credits-are-only-as-credible-as-the-data-behind-them/

China is Betting on Brain Wearables, the US on Implants. Who Wins? While American brain-computer interface companies such as Neuralink are betting that the future lies beneath the skull, China is pursuing the opposite strategy: make neurotechnology wearable, affordable and ubiquitous.... https://impactnews-wire.com/china-is-betting-on-brain-wearables-the-us-on-implants-who-wins/