Africa is slowly stepping into the solar spotlight. According to the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) in 2024, the continent added 2.5 GW of new capacity, taking the total installed solar to 19.2 GWp. Yet, even with this growth, the divide between Africa and the rest of the world is still widening. For decades, solar power has played a critical role across Africa—lighting rural homes, powering water pumps, running mini-grids, and keeping hospitals connected. Now, momentum is shifting from small-scale use to large-scale adoption. The question is no longer whether solar will expand, but how fast and how broadly it…
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Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems’ (LSE: BA) shares have fallen 12% from their 5 June one-year traded high of £19.98. While this could signal the company is worth fundamentally less than it was before, it might also mean the stock could actually be a bargain. I ran the key numbers and took a deep dive into the business to determine what the case is here. Is it a bargain? My starting point in assessing share prices is to compare their key valuations with those of their competitors. In BAE Systems’ case, its price-to-sales ratio of 1.9 is bottom of its…
Image source: Getty Images Growth stocks in the artificial intelligence (AI) space have generally done very well in recent years. Nvidia, for example, is up around 1,300% over the last five years. There are still a lot of AI stocks that look cheap, however. Here are three that I believe are worth a closer look today. A suite of AI products Let’s start with tech powerhouse and Google owner, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG). It currently trades on a forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 21. That’s roughly in the line with the US market average. So, unlike a lot of other…
Image source: Getty Images With interest rates set to fall, cash looks less likely to be a good source of passive income in the future. That means anyone holding excess savings should think carefully about what to do. At the same time though, dividend yields in general are low compared to where they’ve been recently. So investors need a smart strategy for navigating the stock market. Regular investing One approach that could work well is regular investing. This involves taking a fixed sum and investing it gradually over a period of time. As an example, an investor with £20,000 in…
Tswalu Kalahari, a private reserve in South Africa’s Northern Cape, has become the first privately protected area in southern Africa to generate verified carbon credits through wildlife management rather than traditional forestry methods. Developed in partnership with Rewild Capital and Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation, the project focuses on conservative grazing, veld restoration, and regenerative wildlife practices to enhance soil carbon sequestration and rehabilitate overgrazed land. The project, certified by South Africa’s Credible Carbon registry, issued its first 34,471 carbon credits in 2022, with continued issuance expected through 2039. Revenue from credit sales is reinvested into conservation and local development,…
Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) shares are remarkably unchanged over the past decade. Yes, there have been ups and downs in between. However, £10,000 invested a decade ago would only be worth £10,000 today. The share count has largely remained consistent meaning the value of the business is roughly unchanged. Of course, the shares aren’t known for their appreciation. Instead the stock is known for its dividends. In fact, over the past decade, including this year, investors would have received £7,300. In turn, that works out as a 73% return over the period, albeit with this year’s…
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Image source: Getty Images 18 months ago when silver smashed through $30, I stated that FTSE 100 stock Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) was set for an explosive move. So it turned out to be. Over that timeframe the Mexican gold and silver miner has simply blown away every other stock in London’s premium listing, including that of Rolls-Royce. Now that silver has topped $40, is it about to repeat the feat all over again? Central banks Today, everyone is talking about gold, and rightly so. But not a lot of investors are talking about its cheaper cousin, silver. Like gold, silver…
Ostrom Climate Solutions (OSTM) has emerged as a focal point in the volatile low-cap climate tech sector, with its Q2 2025 earnings report revealing a 49% year-over-year revenue surge to $860,202, driven by higher sales of Verified Emission Reduction (VER) units [1]. However, this growth was accompanied by a 25% decline in gross profit to $277,407, attributed to lower margins on VER sales compared to prior periods [2]. The company’s net loss narrowed to $683,108, a 20% improvement from $856,934 in Q2 2024, reflecting cost-cutting measures such as reduced R&D spending and debt repayment [1]. These results raise a critical…
Image source: Getty Images. Nvidia is an artificial intelligence (AI) stock I’m bullish on. Today, it’s one of my largest portfolio holdings. But it’s not my favourite AI stock right now. With its market-cap sitting at a whopping $4.3trn, I see far more investment potential in a smaller technology company that’s not getting nearly as much attention. My top AI stock right now The stock I’m really excited about is Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW). It’s a data storage and analytics company that helps companies deploy AI and serves about 750 of the Forbes Global 2000 businesses. Listed on the New York…