June 15, 2026 OPED by Kenneth Engblom Vice President, Wartsila Energy, Europe and Africa Cutting the cost of Africa’s energy transition with the right flexibility mix   The limits of storage-only thinking in balancing Africa’s renewable grids: Why a hybrid approach to flexibility will deliver better outcomes than batteries alone   […]

(Credit: HuyNguyenSG/iStock by Getty Images) By Kristalina Georgieva More than three months into the war in the Middle East, the global economy appears to be holding up. Commodity prices, inflation and expectations for it, and financial conditions have all been impacted—but not yet in ways that signal a global slowdown. And […]

June 16, 2026/Cordros Report Based on the recently released data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s headline inflation rose by 24bps to 15.93% y/y in May 2026 (April: 15.69% y/y), 29bps lower than our estimate of 16.22% y/y. We attribute the increase primarily to the uptick in food […]