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Asahi Linux on M3

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World

Robert De Niro on helping revive Lower Manhattan after 9/11

As the dust settled on NYC following the 9/11 attacks, Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to pull Lower Manhattan out of the ashes and help…

  • Robert De Niro witnessed 9/11 attacks from Midtown Manhattan.
  • De Niro and Jane Rosenthal organized first Tribeca Film Festival in May 2002.
  • Documentary Tribeca 25 premiered on Netflix on September 11, 2024.

Finance & Markets

African startups risk losing investors by targeting $1 million pre-seed rounds—Sidebrief COO

African startups seeking pre seed funding have been advised to set more realistic fundraising targets and focus on securing their first investor commitments, The post African startups risk losing…

  • Nigerian startups warned against targeting $1 million pre-seed rounds.
  • Sidebrief COO Abdulwaheed Yusuf advises realistic fundraising goals.
  • Nigerian funding dropped 27% YoY to $1.46 billion in H1 2026.

Finance & Markets

Can Johannesburg fix its books before the doom loop wins?

It has a name: fiscal fiction. Spending as though the cash were already in the bank. But increasingly, it isn’t. A new report from the Centre for Development and Enterprise shows just how far…

  • Johannesburg finances based on uncollected revenue, not actual cash receipts
  • R13-billion shortfall in last three years, R30-billion less than revenues after borrowings
  • Unpaid bills and debts fuel fiscal downward spiral, increasing tariffs and default rates

Finance & Markets

IMF deepens footprint in Latin America, which holds nearly half of all loans

Argentina’s massive debt accounts for a sizable chunk, with experts pointing to how this growth is accompanied by the US’ greater strategic interest in the region La entrada IMF deepens footprint in…

  • IMF presence in LAC accounts for nearly half of all IMF loans
  • Argentina and Ecuador contribute largest debt to IMF, totaling US$58 billion
  • Structural transformation remains major challenge in LAC
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