Gates and Rockefeller Foundations’ Green Revolution Failing Africa

Yves here. Mentions of the Gates Foundation regularly produces almost Pavlovian reactions of antipathy for social engineering by squllionaires. However, it is not as if that response is unwarranted. As the case below, the Gates/Rockefeller Foundation initiative, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, not only did not produce much-hyped increases in agricultural productivity, but…

Gates and Rockefeller Foundations’ Green Revolution Failing Africa

US prepares ‘largest financial attack ever’ as Trump claims Iran is collapsing

The United States is preparing to launch “the largest financial attack ever mounted against an adversary,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, as President Donald Trump declared that Iran is “collapsing” hours before Washington announces a major sanctions package.   Writing in the Financial Times ahead of a press conference scheduled for Monday to outline the…

Ecosystem Roundup: SEA’s EV startups pull in US$622M as bets move from pitch to pilot

Southeast Asia’s electric vehicle sector has quietly matured from concept pitches to funded pilots, with the top 16 startups across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam attracting a combined US$622M in equity, per Tracxn’s August 2026 report. Every company on the list was founded from 2016 onward, and funding sits mostly at Series A/B — past experimentation, short…

Ecosystem Roundup: SEA’s EV startups pull in US2M as bets move from pitch to pilot