Khotha Kome

World History | Politics | Economics | Market Analyst @ Siri Capital

[Khotha Kome @AkulaSubmarine]

@Call_her_ziggy Chisa, Woza mntwana, Maraba blue, Tintinyana to name a few. The list is long. He has a lot of albums.

[Khotha Kome @AkulaSubmarine]

@Dont_B_A_Donkey @dtarian04 My sentiments exactly.

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

What is the largest source of electricity in each country?

Coal generates one-third of the world’s electricity, more than any other source.

But zoom into the country level, and the picture is much more varied. The map shows which source generated the most power in each country in 2024 or 2025 (the latest year available).

Thanks to large reserves, coal dominates across Asia. It’s the largest source in China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia. These are huge power producers, which is why coal is so dominant at a global level.

Across most other regions, it’s mostly a mix of gas and hydropower. On islands and parts of North Africa, it’s oil.

Europe has the most diverse mix, with nuclear power dominating generation in countries such as France and Finland, and solar and wind overtaking fossil fuels as the largest sources in countries such as Spain and Germany.

Solar and wind are growing quickly in many countries; when these sources are combined as “variable renewables”, they become the largest source in six more countries: the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Pakistan.

(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

S&P Global Ratings warned on Tuesday that rising oil prices from the Middle East crisis pose a growing risk to South Africa's consumer-led economy, even as the fiscal consolidation push remains broadly on track. https://t.co/6PWNFFodjU

[Reuters @Reuters]

Dangote refinery can be global jet fuel supplier, CEO says https://t.co/JZeKk7IeTU https://t.co/JZeKk7IeTU

[Barchart @Barchart]

BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Dollar

Gold has overtaken U.S. Treasuries as the World's Top Reserve Asset 🤯👀

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Global food price inflation is accelerating:

Thailand's white rice prices surged +20% in May, the biggest monthly increase in data going back to 2008.

This benchmark used for Asian rice prices has surged +26% since April, to ~$480 per ton, while Chicago rice futures prices jumped +15% last month.

Rice is a staple food for over half the global population, estimated at 3.5 to 4 billion people.

Prices are expected to rise even further with fertilizer prices experiencing more pressure, as rice is a fertilizer-intensive grain.

Nitrogen fertilizer prices in Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines have soared up to +50% since the start of the Iran War in February.

Food price pressures are intensifying globally.

[Financial Times @FT]

Gold has overtaken US government bonds as the world’s top reserve asset. The shift reflects an attempt by many countries to seek alternatives to the US dollar, the world’s de facto reserve currency https://t.co/h3NnirICcS

[Khotha Kome @AkulaSubmarine]

@MfanawaMokoena @Rakgadi_EM @benjiejabo1990 That description floored me

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@Dzungie007 Let's address some of your doubts...

[RT @RT_com]

UN at risk of RUNNING OUT OF MONEY by mid-August due to major unpaid contributions — WSJ

[Cuban Embassy in US @EmbaCubaUS]

🇨🇺 Cuba has done it again.

Meet VAXIRA® — a therapeutic cancer vaccine developed by Cuban and Argentine scientists that helps the immune system recognise and destroy lung cancer cells. Approved in both Cuba and Argentina for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

🔬 It works by mimicking a molecule found on cancer cells but almost entirely absent in healthy human tissue — meaning it targets tumours with remarkable precision and very few side effects.

📊 Clinical trials showed a significant improvement in survival for advanced lung cancer patients, with 1-year survival nearly doubling compared to the control group. Real-world data shows median survival of up to 24.5 months in maintenance therapy.

💉 Minimal side effects. Suitable for long-term use. Affordable and accessible — unlike many Western immunotherapies that price patients out of treatment.

And in 2025, VAXIRA® received Cuba's National Technological Innovation Award. All of this achieved by a country under decades of US economic blockade.

The United States spends billions on cancer research. Cuba, under sanctions, develops vaccines the world hasn't seen before. 🇨🇺🔬

#VAXIRA #CubanScience #LungCancer #CancerResearch #Biotechnology

[RT @RT_com]

❗️ We have seriously and consciously warned ambassadors to leave Kiev, because strikes can happen at ANY moment — Russia's Security Council Secretary Shoigu

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@Custocentrix @TshimomolaGK @unisa Why are you lying? Someone can't write an exam for you at UNISA. That's not possible.

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@MoiponeNhla @RTmmane @TshimomolaGK @ssbl369j @unisa Unprovoked and shameless. Clearly, they haven't written a Unisa exam these ones.

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@sizwe_Nondlazi @thandie_bae Andilifuni ke elo igama.

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@siya6888 @KhandaniM Why must you lie unprovoked? It was under Pres. Mbeki, when we had continental unity and an african Renaissance agenda. Zuma derailed all that just like he did everything else. All Africans can attest to this. You guys make up things as you go along. Even this story is hogwash!

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@Call_her_ziggy @Sentletse Please tell him to unblock me. I won't troll him again😭

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@Call_her_ziggy

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@WaSigoxo @Sgadi28 I also don't see the fuss because ekugqibeleni the vote happened the way she says it did.