Sandy McGuffog·Sep 27The IDC Buying AMSA Isn’t Industrial Strategy — It’s Capital Misallocation.Reports that the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has tabled a R3 billion offer to buy an 80% controlling stake in ArcelorMittal…
Andrea Frosinini·Sep 20$2.5 Trillion Is Not a StrategyThe Trade Finance Gap Needs a Map, Not a Headline
Sandy McGuffog·Sep 7Eskom Ups Its R110 Billion Illusion to R840 BillionI’ve previously written about Eskom’s “R110 billion” transmission asset narrative — a clever piece of balance-sheet framing designed to…
Sandy McGuffog·Sep 6The IDC’s Conflict of Interest: How a State DFI Protected a “Zombie” Empowerment SchemeMy previous post looked at the IDC’s financial drag and the case for modernizing its mandate. But a fresh twist in the Foskor saga reveals…
Sandy McGuffog·Sep 5The IDC doesn’t need another bailout. It needs reform and modernization.Two telling developments emerged from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) recently:
Dima Mikhaylov·Aug 30The World Bank’s Originate-to-Distribute BetWhy capital recycling may weaken its countercyclical role
David Skidmore·Jul 10Evaluating the AIIB and the NDB on their Tenth AnniversariesAs the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and New Development Bank (NDB) mark their tenth anniversaries, it is worth asking what…
Ota Akhigbe·May 1The system we were waiting on has left the room. So what do we build now?The World Bank spring meetings ended a couple of weeks ago. The numbers are significant. But the more important shift isn’t in the numbers…
Sustainable Finance by Neeket·Apr 21The $4 Trillion Question: Three Strategic Signals from the World’s Most Important Finance ReportSeries: Financing the Future – a practitioner’s read of global capital through the lens of development finance
InExploringPropertybyLeslie Parwada·Apr 20Sydney Auctions Crash to 48.8% as 2021–22 Borrowers Hit Rates Above Their Serviceability BufferWeekend Auction Results 19–21 April 2026 — Property Update, MacroBusiness, CoreLogic via Square Real Estate, RBAA response icon1A response icon1
