It’s about time we began to address the fundamentals of the sector’s financial sustainability, writes Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis. The drumbeat towards the bleak midwinter pre-Christmas release of the provisional local government finance settlement was given a double kick drum blast in the chancellor’s November Budget. Universal as the welcome was to the…
Last year’s Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Johannesburg, the first ever held in Africa, put the continent’s prosperity at the top of the agenda. Accordingly, Africa’s mounting debt crisis featured prominently. Today, many countries on the continent are trapped in a vicious cycle: shocks beyond their borders and domestic economic challenges force higher expenditures…
MANALAPAN, N.J., Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navicore Solutions, a nonprofit credit counseling organization, announced today that 90% of clients report the process of enrolling in a Navicore Debt Management Plan (DMP) as “straightforward.” The feedback highlights the importance of accessible, easy-to-understand support as households continue to navigate financial pressure from elevated balances and…
Navicore Solutions MANALAPAN, N.J., Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navicore Solutions, a nonprofit credit counseling organization, announced today that 90% of clients report the process of enrolling in a Navicore Debt Management Plan (DMP) as “straightforward.” The feedback highlights the importance of accessible, easy-to-understand support as households continue to navigate financial pressure from elevated…
Several African nations have seen increasing financial distress during the past ten years due to a combination of high external borrowing, shocks to the world economy, rising interest rates, and shrinking fiscal flexibility. Countries like Zambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Chad reported unmanageable debt levels by the early 2020s, restricting their capacity to make investments in…
Nvidia said on Monday it has invested $2 billion in CoreWeave to hasten the data center company’s efforts to add more than 5 gigawatts of AI computing capacity by 2030. The chipmaker, already an investor in CoreWeave, said it had bought the company’s Class A shares at $87.20 per share. As part of the deal,…
How Managed Services Help to Reduce Technical Debt Light Reading Read the original article here
Faced with the need to continually improve and innovate, many organizations find themselves almost forced into technical debt. Pressured by market forces and stakeholders, some companies have opted for cheaper solutions to move a given project forward. The problem is that they may end up paying the cost in future reporting periods. Managed services, offering…
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IMF, debt relief driving economic gains, not NDC gov’t competence — Minority Modern Ghana Read the original article here