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Infrastructure & Utilities

How FSDAi is unlocking £31m Nigerian pension capital for sustainable infrastructure

22 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Motlatsi Mthimunye, Head Investment Banking Division SA, Absa CIB.

Finance

Africa's capital markets: The key to weathering global economic storms

Heidi Barends and Motlatsi Mthimunye 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

Kenya Airways planes are seen through a window at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya, 1 August 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Travel

Kenya Airways records profit after more than a decade of losses

George Obulutsa 26 Mar 2025

YOUKNOW Technologies adds HubSpot CRM to its premium technology stack

CRM, CX, UX

YOUKNOW Technologies adds HubSpot CRM to its premium technology stack

Issued by YOUKNOW Technologies 4 Mar 2025

SA's coffee industry in hot water: price surges explained by Domaine Rautenbach of Jacobs Coffee

FMCG

SA's coffee industry in hot water: price surges explained by Domaine Rautenbach of Jacobs Coffee

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar starts 2025 on a high

Andre Cilliers 2 Jan 2025

Finance

Multilateral banks urged to boost funding for Africa's methane reduction

15 Nov 2024

November set to bring higher fuel prices as official announcement looms

Fuel & Energy

November set to bring higher fuel prices as official announcement looms

31 Oct 2024

The Spar Group reports growth with strategic refocus

Retail

The Spar Group reports growth with strategic refocus

1 Oct 2024

Financial Services

Brics currency proposal: A misguided venture doomed to fail

Nicholas Woode-Smith 23 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Zimbabwe's new currency faces headwinds five months on

Nyasha Chingono 20 Sep 2024

Markets & Investment

BOJ and PBoC keep rates unchanged, dollar on the backfoot

Andre Cilliers 20 Sep 2024

A view shows part of Dangote oil refinery in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Energy

Second fuel price hike in Nigeria in as many weeks

Camillus Eboh 17 Sep 2024

Markets & Investment

What could SA's upcoming interest rate cut mean for people moving money internationally?

Harry Scherzer 5 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Introducing ChitChat and Mastercard's all-new virtual debit card

4 Sep 2024

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Horticulture

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Nyasha Chingono 30 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa's ad market is expected to see 6.0% this year says Warc

Advertising

Warc: SA's admarket to grow 6%, as global ad investment more than doubles

22 Aug 2024

Banking

Standard Bank Group announces higher earnings and increased dividends

20 Aug 2024

Financial Services

Outlook for global, local asset classes: What's ahead?

Herman van Papendorp 25 Apr 2024

5 tips for navigating pan-African influencer marketing campaigns

Marketing

5 tips for navigating pan-African influencer marketing campaigns

Asha Singh, Issued by Humanz 10 Apr 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Banking

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

The sky’s the limit for domestic and inbound tourism. Here's why

Tourism

The sky’s the limit for domestic and inbound tourism. Here's why

Tijan Oberholzer 18 Mar 2024

Property

Awards telling us that now is the right time to buy in Cape Town: Jawitz

6 Feb 2024

Vodacom has emerged as Africa's biggest fintech platform. Source: x.com

Telecoms & Networks

Forget revenue growth, Vodacom is Africa’s biggest fintech platform

Lindsey Schutters 2 Feb 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Import/Export

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Markets & Investment

3D Reset: Global bonds face challenges, offer prospects

2 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: 2024 shopper marketing – how can we win?

Trends

#BizTrends2024: 2024 shopper marketing – how can we win?

Carla Gontier 8 Jan 2024

Fintech

Africa’s new online foreign exchange system will enable payments in local currencies – what you need to know

Christopher Adam 5 Dec 2023

Call of Duty: Mobile season 10 also dropped this week.

Mobile & Apps

COD Mobile partners with Carry1st for local in-game purchases

10 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Banking

Mauritius Commercial Bank Capital Markets advises EnVolt in historic green bond

7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Middle East tensions spark Gold and oil surge, yet rand resilient

Andre Cilliers 18 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Israeli shekel plunges to 8-year low

Katja Hamilton 16 Oct 2023

Image source: Tanarat Kongchuenjit –

ESG & Sustainability

Inaugural Africa Impact Investment Award winners

31 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

'Brics bank' issues first South African rand bonds

Rachel Savage 16 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

'Brics bank' looks to local currencies as Russia sanctions bite

Rachel Savage and Brenda Goh 11 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand surges in Asian markets this morning

Andre Cilliers 25 Jul 2023

Source: New Development Bank.

Banking

Brics' New Development Bank committed to boosting local currency usage

10 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar firms as weak Chinese data dampen risk appetite

Andre Cilliers 5 Jul 2023

Pick n Pay's 56th birthday celebration with Roblox a game-changer for local Robloxians

Retailers

Pick n Pay's 56th birthday celebration with Roblox a game-changer for local Robloxians

22 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Stian van Zyl, currency and treasury manager at South African foreign-exchange (FX) company Kuda.

Economy

3 strategic measures to protect businesses from the impact of a weakening rand

Stian van Zyl 19 Jun 2023

Source: Nedbank.

Banking

Nedbank says bad loans to rise, hunts for new CEO

Promit Mukherjee 5 Jun 2023

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

FMCG

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Seun Sanni 31 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Zimbabwe announces new measures to aid ailing local currency

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Yellow Card's chief executive officer, Chris Maurice

Fintech

#AfricaMonth: How Yellow Card hit 1 million users in pursuit of inclusive finance

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

Vodacom reports 6.4% drop in full-year profit

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom reports 6.4% drop in full-year profit

15 May 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical manufacturers must hedge against rand volatility

Carlos Martins 11 May 2023

Markets & Investment

Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?

Rami Hajjar 9 May 2023

How local SMEs can win new business overseas

How To Start Up

How local SMEs can win new business overseas

Kai Cranko 2 May 2023