Industrial policy is back across Africa, and South Africa has one of Africa's most sophisticated industrial policy architectures, yet industrial transformation remains elusive. The usual explanation, poor coordination between departments, stops too early. The deeper problem is a policy coherence trap. Governments align their strategies and institutions and count that as progress, while the productive system stays fragmented. Universities, financiers, training institutions and

In the face of falling aid, development banks need to use all the financial instruments available to them to make their capital go further. Africa's development banks can no longer count on donors or treasuries. The way through is not more money, but better use of the money already in hand. By bundling loans that have proven themselves, selling them to investors, and lending the proceeds again into the early-stage projects nobody else will finance, a development bank can fund

Male corporate leaders and billionaires may seem financially secure, but many face deep emotional stress linked to money, power, and identity. Research shows that financial distress among elites can manifest as overconfidence, aggression, or risky decisions, often driven by threatened masculinity. Financial therapy, though often overlooked for this group, could help prevent emotionally driven choices that destabilize companies and economies.