Three forecasts about what AI could mean for South Africa’s economic growth show a very wide gap between them.
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Exclusive | The communications minister has rejected the idea that South Africa must align with Washington or Beijing.
South Africa does not appear among the economies with a national AI strategy in a flagship new World Bank report.
Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank over funding for a multibillion-dollar nuclear programme.
The World Bank has committed to a credit guarantee facility aimed at unlocking $10-billion for infrastructure investment.
Sub-Saharan Africans boosted their savings at the fastest pace in more than a decade, according to the World Bank.
The move could unlock private financing for South Africa’s huge transmission grid expansion plan.
A World Bank-linked fund has backed plans to cut South Africa’s reliance on coal, unlocking up to $2.6-billion in financing.
South Africa, with the World Bank’s help, has a R55-billion plan to reverse the decline of eight of its biggest cities.
The US is stalling $2.6-billion in climate finance, stoking concerns the money might be blocked outright.