Abu Dhabi authorities acknowledged explosions at an oil storage tanker facility in Musaffah (about 10 miles from the city centre) and a fire in an under-construction area of airport earlier today. The Houthis have made claims over drone attacks in th...

The second round of Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations since hardliner Ebrahim Raisi's election are ongoing, but expectations of progress are low. And Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps elite has both survived for so long domestically without sanctions rel...

Iraq has benefitted from rising oil prices since we downgraded to Hold from Buy on 26 August, with brent oil rising from cUS$71/bbl to cUS$84/bbl since. Inflation is also expected to rise on the back of last year’s IQD devaluation, but will moderate ...

Our conference calls with mission chiefs and country officials at the virtual meetings covered 11 countries in all. This report covers 10 of them: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Maldives, SA, Turkey, Uganda. We update our view...

The company is unique in many aspects. ZoodPay’s current markets have limited competition in the BNPL sector, allowing it to become the dominant player. Almost half of the team are IT and technical professionals. Most BNPL companies in emerging marke...

Iraq elections have seen voter turnout fall since 2005. Preliminary results suggests that no single bloc has a majority, as expected. Therefore, it should have the upper hand in negotiations. Al-Sadr is close to Iran, as is any political leader with ...