4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (359+ words) Investors finance projects because they are bankable This distinction matters. Kenya has no shortage of infrastructure ambitions. Roads, railways, ports, airports, power projects, water systems, irrigation schemes and urban infrastructure all occupy an important place in our development agenda. But…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (233+ words) EU market production fell in June, with construction and services driving a monthly decline despite a modest increase in trade, according to figures released by Eurostat. Compared with May, total market production decreased by 0.1 per cent in the EU and…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (302+ words) China is set to report August readings for industrial production, fixed-asset investment and retail sales at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect factory output to rise 4.8% from a year earlier, faster than July's 4.5%. Retail sales are seen up 0.8% from…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1477+ words) Manufacturing companies across sectors listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, entered the second quarter of 2026 with combined inventories (unsold goods) of about N1.77 trillion, even as their cost of sales rose to N1.43 trillion, highlighting the growing financial pressures confronting businesses…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (369+ words) What is it about technology, the more we use it, the more we rely on it, and the less we think for ourselves. Our work starts to look the same as everyone else’s. And all of a sudden we’re in…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (415+ words) The services sector extended its run of growth to three months in August, but the recovery is yet to spread across the wider economy. New Zealand's services sector has expanded for a third consecutive month, with new business continuing to…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (162+ words) The Australian dollar fell to around $0.71, extending its decline from the previous week to reach a nearly two-week low as hotter-than-expected US inflation data strengthened the case for a Federal Reserve rate hike. After the data release, traders ramped up…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (519+ words) Canberra will be short more than 1,100 construction workers by 2035, jeopardising housing and infrastructure projects, Master Builders Australia has warned, but the ACT Government rejects the industry’s forecast. The MBA’s Future Workforce Blueprint estimates that the ACT will need 1,770 more construction…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (287+ words) Factory activity in the majority of major Asian economies kept growing during August, buoyed by firmer demand and orders tied to technology, even as momentum cooled across a number of southeast and northeast Asian markets. Among the 11 datasets monitored for…...

9+ hour ago   (56+ words) TradingView The BusinessNZ Performance of Composite Index stood at 52.5 in August 2026, unchanged from the previous month. It marked the third consecutive month of expansion in the private sector, though manufacturing growth eased to a three-month low, while the services sector…...