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AI network startup ODC secures $45m with MTN backing

Tech Startups

AI network startup ODC secures $45m with MTN backing

2 days

Source: Supplied. Hugh Hacking, CFA executive: structured investments and annuities at Momentum Corporate.

Markets & Investment

Markets on edge: Why reactive investing may cost South Africans

Hugh Hacking 25 Mar 2026

Source: Pexels.

Infrastructure & Utilities

R4.2bn investment drives Matjhabeng’s sanitation revival in major project handover

24 Mar 2026

Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall

Fuel & Energy

Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall

Christian Moretti, Bessie Noll 23 Mar 2026

African airlines face rising jet fuel costs amid Middle East supply disruption

Aviation

African airlines face rising jet fuel costs amid Middle East supply disruption

Wendell Roelf and Seher Dareen 23 Mar 2026

Will Airbnb taxation actually solve Cape Town’s housing shortage?

Residential Property

Will Airbnb taxation actually solve Cape Town’s housing shortage?

Issued by Biggles Removals 20 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

African states hike gambling taxes as addiction soars, and industry fights back

19 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters. South Africa has no reason to cut ties with Iran, Zane Dangor, its director general of foreign affairs said, after the new US ambassador was quoted as saying the country's association with the Islamic Republic was an impediment to good relations with Washington.

Markets & Investment

South Africa rejects US pressure to distance itself from Iran

Tim Cocks 18 Mar 2026

The problem isn’t technology in schools. It’s how we use it

Primary & Secondary Education

The problem isn’t technology in schools. It’s how we use it

Marce Heath, Issued by ASUS 17 Mar 2026

Why data protection is the new currency for consumer trust in 2026

CRM

Why data protection is the new currency for consumer trust in 2026

Lungelo Dlamini 13 Mar 2026

Primary & Secondary Education

It’s not the device, it’s the design: Battling misconceptions of tech in education

Marce Heath 11 Mar 2026

South Africa's Deputy Minister of the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, opened the TikTok Safer Internet Summit in Nairobi (Image supplied)

Social Media

TikTok provides $200,000 in ad credits to expand AI media literacy in sub-Saharan Africa

11 Mar 2026

The 1997 film Wag the Dog has aged into modern-day crisis communications reality, writes PR Powerhouse's Lebo Madiba (Image source @ TV Insider

PR & Communications

Wag the Dog ages into a modern day crisis communications reality

Lebo Madiba 10 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Oil prices surge to highest since 2022 at over $119 a barrel on Middle East war

Shadia Nasralla 9 Mar 2026

At what cost do consumers win with low-cost imports in South Africa?

E-commerce

At what cost do consumers win with low-cost imports in South Africa?

Nancy Dusani 9 Mar 2026

Africa's $1tn food market convenes at Africa Food Show 2026

Exhibitions & Events

Africa's $1tn food market convenes at Africa Food Show 2026

5 Mar 2026

AI is resetting the rules of growth in consumer packaged goods

Packaging

AI is resetting the rules of growth in consumer packaged goods

Issued by NielsenIQ 5 Mar 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Red Hat's Dion Harvey: Africa’s top enterprise tech trends for 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Red Hat's Dion Harvey: Africa’s top enterprise tech trends for 2026

Dion Harvey 4 Mar 2026

Tourism & Travel

ATTA report: Africa posts 18.6% jump in global aviation growth

3 Mar 2026

PR runs the world

PR & Communications

PR runs the world

Nkateko Khosa, Issued by Brave Group 2 Mar 2026

How the lack of enforcement impacts the National Budget

Economy

How the lack of enforcement impacts the National Budget

Issued by SAICA 27 Feb 2026

Nothing like a crisis: Integrating private and public systems

Primary & Secondary Education

Nothing like a crisis: Integrating private and public systems

Linda Meyer and Patrick Fish, Issued by Waterfall School of Business 25 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied

Agriculture

Digital agriculture units key to Africa’s farm growth, says new report

19 Feb 2026

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Legislation & Regulation

Plain packaging vs branding rights: A legal battle over cigarette pack regulations

Sajidha Gamieldien, Nicole Haworth, and Aimee Du Plessis 19 Feb 2026

From farm gates to great escapes: The rise of agritourism in South Africa

Agriculture

From farm gates to great escapes: The rise of agritourism in South Africa

Desry Lesele 10 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Edwin Hewitt 10 Feb 2026

Sanlam Investments' Teboho Makhabane: African youth are key to unlocking the just energy transition

Sustainability

Sanlam Investments' Teboho Makhabane: African youth are key to unlocking the just energy transition

Maroefah Smith 5 Feb 2026

Spain announced at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that it plans to join the global push to ban children under 16 from using social media. (Source: )

Social Media

No TikTok for teens? Spain plans social media ban for under-16s

5 Feb 2026

Cape Town project tests what hydroponic farming can do in urban spaces

Agriculture

Cape Town project tests what hydroponic farming can do in urban spaces

Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira 4 Feb 2026

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Aviation

The hidden cost of blocked funds in global aviation

Thomas Reynaert 3 Feb 2026

Shaun Smit, director, Transcend Capital

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Transcend Capital's Shaun Smit: Balancing wealth inequality in the digital age through employee ownership

Shaun Smit 3 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | TTC Tour Brands’ Kelly Jackson: Steering the future of travel in an AI world

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | TTC Tour Brands’ Kelly Jackson: Steering the future of travel in an AI world

Kelly Jackson 2 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Insight Terra's Alastair Bovim: The clean energy transition runs on minerals, and Africa must lead

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Insight Terra's Alastair Bovim: The clean energy transition runs on minerals, and Africa must lead

Alastair Bovim 3 Feb 2026

Passenger demand hits record highs as airlines near capacity

Travel

Passenger demand hits record highs as airlines near capacity

30 Jan 2026

Nigerian farmers talk about how climate change is affecting staple food crops – and what can help

Agro-processing

Nigerian farmers talk about how climate change is affecting staple food crops – and what can help

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Mojirayo Ayodele 28 Jan 2026

UK gold bars and gold Sovereign coins are displayed at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Hiba Kola

Gold

Gold miners see shares spike as gold extends its historic rally

Pooja Menon 27 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Afreximbank severs ties with Fitch in dispute over rating cut

Duncan Miriri 26 Jan 2026

Finance

UK's development finance agency anchors $1bn blended finance fund for emerging markets

Karin Strohecker and Colleen Gok 20 Jan 2026

Back to school, back to balance: Bluegrass Digital supports Smartphone Free Childhood South Africa

Primary & Secondary Education

Back to school, back to balance: Bluegrass Digital supports Smartphone Free Childhood South Africa

Issued by Bluegrass Digital 16 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied. Chris Campbell is the CESA chief executive officer.

Infrastructure & Utilities

#BizTrends2026 | CESA's Chris Campbell: Reigniting progress in SA's infrastructure journey

Chris Campbell 29 Jan 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders 16 Jan 2026

Dr Chris Blair, Group Director at 21st Century

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | 21st Century's Dr Chris Blair: Navigating radical change in the working world

Chris Blair 15 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Venessa Dewing 14 Jan 2026

RAPT BizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

Danette Breitenbach 14 Jan 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Environment & Natural Resources

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff 13 Jan 2026

Locals walk past trains parked at Lobito station, which forms part of the Benguela Railway line, in Lobito, western Angola. Image credit: Reuters

Mining

The Lobito Corridor and why Africa needs to think globally and act regionally

Shirley Webber and Stephen Seaka 12 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied. Michael Hewson, founder and director of Graphene Economics, a specialist African transfer pricing advisory firm.

Taxation & Regulation

2026 new tax realities - navigating Africa’s aggressive scrutiny in business

9 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied. Richard Teng, co-CEO of Binance.

Finance

Bitcoin enters corporate wallets: The new face of crypto in 2026

Richard Teng 9 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied. George Elombi, president and chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, and Hassan Abdalla, Governor: Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

Finance

Africa’s first pan-African Gold Bank launched

6 Jan 2026