ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 This was the week when several assumptions underpinning the global economy became harder to defend. Investors who spent years waiting for cheaper money watched the Federal Reserve raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years. Japan pushed borrowing costs to their highest level…
ABE NEWS | September 14, 2026 In 2019, Tabby’s proposition was remarkably simple. A customer wanted to buy something online but didn’t necessarily want to pay the entire amount immediately. Tabby placed itself at checkout and allowed that purchase to be divided into instalments. No bank branch. No traditional credit-card application. No complicated financial…
ABE NEWS | September 12, 2026 Saudi Arabia has spent decades preparing for a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom knew that concentrating so much of its oil-export infrastructure around one of the world’s narrowest and most politically sensitive waterways created an obvious vulnerability. If tankers could no longer move safely through…
ABE NEWS | September 7, 2026 Germany’s industrial production unexpectedly fell in July, delivering another reminder that Europe’s largest economy is still struggling to produce a convincing industrial recovery despite stronger government spending and recent signs of improvement in manufacturing demand. Production declined 1.1% from June after seasonal and calendar adjustments, according to Germany’s…
ABE NEWS | September 6, 2026 OPEC+ has decided to keep its oil-production policy unchanged for October, pausing further increases after months of gradually restoring supply while escalating tensions involving Iran continue to disrupt one of the world’s most important energy corridors. The decision was taken Sunday by the group of producers that has been…
ABE NEWS | September 6, 2026 Europe’s effort to rebuild its independent access to space reached an important milestone this weekend after German startup Isar Aerospace successfully sent its Spectrum rocket into orbit from northern Norway, becoming the first commercial European company to place satellites into orbit with its own launch vehicle. The rocket…
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 | September 5, 2026 The war between the United States and Iran has entered another dangerous phase. U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude-oil tankers on Saturday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships, according to U.S. Central Command. The American vessels — an aircraft carrier…
ABE NEWS | September 4, 2026 Africa could be days away from one of the biggest stock-market listings in its history. Nigeria’s Dangote Group is preparing to sell shares in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the enormous Lagos-based industrial complex built by billionaire entrepreneur Aliko Dangote. According to people with direct knowledge of the transaction,…
ABE NEWS | September 2, 2026 Europe’s confrontation with Russia is entering increasingly dangerous territory — and this time the centre of the story is not Ukraine. It is Germany. German authorities have formally accused Russia of orchestrating an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of Europe’s important cargo hubs and a logistics centre…
