ABE ORIGINALS | SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 The United States and China increasingly speak about artificial intelligence as if the future must be divided in two. Two semiconductor supply chains. Two technology ecosystems. Two sets of rules. Two competing ambitions to control the infrastructure behind the most important technological shift of this generation. Washington has restricted…
SATURDAY ABE ORIGINALS | September 12, 2026 For much of the past forty years, one idea quietly shaped the way the global economy was built: waste is bad. Factories should not hold more inventory than necessary. Companies should buy components wherever they can be produced most cheaply. Ships should follow the shortest and most…
SATURDAY ABE ORIGINALS | September 5, 2026 Somewhere in Africa today, a business owner is waiting for electricity. A farmer is trying to get produce to a city before it spoils. A shopkeeper cannot reliably restock inventory. A truck is travelling hundreds of kilometres with empty space. A family is trying to find an…
ABE NEWS | August 29, 2026 The artificial-intelligence race is usually presented as a competition between a handful of technology giants. OpenAI releases a new model. Google responds. Meta spends billions. Nvidia sells more chips. Governments announce national AI strategies, investors pour money into startups, and every few months another company promises that its…
ABE ORIGINAL | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 There is something deeply strange happening in Hollywood. Writers are teaching artificial intelligence how to write screenplays. Directors are helping machines understand filmmaking decisions. Producers are showing AI how to plan shoots, organize productions and solve problems that professionals normally spend years learning to handle. And some…
ABE NEWS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2026 Oil is above $90. Government borrowing costs are surging. Technology stocks are falling. And one U.S. interest rate has reached a level investors haven’t seen since 2007. At first, those sound like four different stories. They’re not. Tuesday’s market selloff is showing exactly how quickly trouble in one part…
ABE NEWS ORIGINAL | SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026 The stock market is breaking records. Corporate profits are strong. Inflation is cooling. And economists can point to plenty of numbers suggesting the American economy is still standing. There is just one problem. A lot of ordinary people don’t feel it. Ask someone whether the S&P…
The Hook Africa is one of the richest continents on Earth. It produces cocoa. Coffee. Gold. Diamonds. Oil. Lithium. Copper. Cobalt. Timber. Cotton. Yet many African countries continue to struggle with unemployment, limited industrial growth and low incomes. How can a continent with so many natural resources still face these challenges? The answer may…
