In this week’s round-up:
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Can the 2025 BRICS Summit give guidance to Guyana on membership?
- BRICS and G20 poised to reshape geopolitical landscape
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Cross-border platforms and development finance to power BRICS+ growth
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COP30 climate summit’s success is crucial for the BRICS nations
- South Africa secures R7 billion lifeline from BRICS Bank for road infrastructure
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BRICS must lead the energy transition
South Africa secures R7 billion lifeline from BRICS Bank for road infrastructure
The loan, requested by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), will be directed toward upgrading vital transportation routes, improving connectivity, reducing congestion, and enhancing safety along critical economic corridors.
Cross-border platforms and development finance to power BRICS+ growth
BRICS+ nations are strategically advancing financial autonomy through a cross-border payments platform, the New Development Bank (NDB), and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA). These initiatives aim to reshape the global financial system, offering alternatives amid geopolitical uncertainties and evolving trade dynamics.
BRICS and G20 poised to reshape geopolitical landscape
In 2025, the scale, scope, and velocity of Trumpism are so disruptive that new forms of partnerships are evolving in ensuring the global governance consensus and saving UN Multilateralism, writes Ashraf Patel.
Can the 2025 BRICS Summit give guidance to Guyana on membership?
This time, Brazilian President Lula da Silva will have to prove that the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro can provide a serious boost to the drivers of BRICS’ future sustained development.
African countries fear Brazil’s COP30 will deliver more of the same
In November, the Brazilian city of Belém will play host to COP30, the United Nations’ climate change conference, where African negotiators will attempt to make tangible progress on climate mitigation measures despite a more fractured and challenging geopolitical environment.
BRICS must lead the Energy Transition
Representing South Africa on the global stage, Yolanda Mabuto, Managing Director of Divaine Growth, as Secretary General of the BRICS Energy, Green Economy and Climate Working Group, took part in high-level working group meetings.
