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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 2021–2025 national plan, and formally unveiled by President Bola Tinubu in February 2026 — has spent most of its first year as a framework document: […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has spent the past decade tightening its grip on how its cobalt and copper leave the country. What changed in the first two weeks of August 2026 is the pace. Three regulatory moves — a concentrate export ban, a new by-product tax regime, and the clearest public statement yet on
Six U.S. grid operators have until August 17 to explain whether their existing rules can handle the rapid growth of data centers and other massive electricity users — or propose changes. The fight is not only about getting power faster. It is also about who pays for the grid upgrades needed to supply it. The
FERC’s Data Center Power Deadline Hits This Week. Here’s What Changes on August 17. Read More »
An April executive order is pushing the U.S. government toward fixed-price contracts, shifting more financial risk from taxpayers to contractors. One major deadline has already passed. The next — August 28 — could have bigger consequences for companies bidding for federal work. For decades, the U.S. government has used different types of contracts depending on
Washington Rewrites the Rules of Federal Contracting. The Real Test Lands August 28. Read More »
The UK Government has brought British Steel into public ownership following the passage of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act 2026. The legislation received Royal Assent on 15 July 2026, giving the Government powers to transfer the shares or property of a steel undertaking into public ownership where it considers the action necessary in the public
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