Government & Development
Renewed Hope Just Produced Its First Hard Numbers: $24.1bn in Capital, $6.1bn in Non-Oil Exports
Development plans are easy to announce and hard to measure. Nigeria’s Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026–2030) — approved by the National Economic Council in August 2025 to succeed the expired…
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Business & Regulation
DRC Just Banned Concentrate Exports and Signaled It Could Tighten Cobalt Quotas Further — What Miners Need to Know Now
The Democratic Republic of Congo has spent the past decade tightening its grip on how its cobalt and copper leave the country.…
Infrastructure Policy
FERC's Data Center Power Deadline Hits This Week. Here's What Changes on August 17.
Six U.S. grid operators have until August 17 to explain whether their existing rules can handle the rapid growth of data centers…
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Washington Rewrites the Rules of Federal Contracting. The Real Test Lands August 28.
Economic Policy