Changing Energy Dependence To Energy Resilience In The South African Context
By Bronwyn Timm, Business Development Manager, SOLA Group The Eskom tariff increase is changing the way industrial and commercial sectors perceive dependency. While the 8.76% is substantial and comes at a time of relatively weak growth and tight margins, it creates an opportunity for companies to change their structural approaches to energy. Energy economists and […]
The £100M Gambit: How LemFi is Anchoring the Future of African Fintech
The global financial corridor between Africa and the rest of the world has long been defined by high friction, exorbitant fees, and a “sender-receiver” dynamic that favored Western institutions. However, the news breaking today from the City of London signals a definitive end to that era. LemFi, the fintech powerhouse that has quietly revolutionized remittances […]
Why Energy Strategy Is Becoming A Competitive Advantage For African Businesses
By Garth Cloete, COO at Sustainable Power Solutions For many African businesses, energy has moved from being a background utility to a central operational concern. With grid constraints, rising tariffs, and unreliable infrastructure, these constraints increasingly affect how companies operate, manage costs, and plan for growth. At the same time, better solar and battery solutions […]
Momentum Group Spotlights Women’s Agribusiness Success At Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba
Momentum Group Foundation placed its Women in Farming programme centre stage when the Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba convened recently in Pretoria. Widely regarded as Africa’s foremost platform for young farmers and agripreneurs, the Indaba offered a dynamic space for learning, networking and opportunity creation. Across two days, delegates attended keynote addresses, technical workshops, panel discussions […]
South Africans rank among world’s most homesick
A new global study by Remitly has identified South Africans as the second-most homesick population in the world, with 96.1% of those living abroad admitting to a deep longing for home, second only to the Philippines. Surveying 3,100 adults across 21 countries, the research highlights how deeply migrants feel the emotional pull of home. For […]
Kenyan appeals court reverses landmark abortion ruling
In a major legal reversal, a Kenyan appeals court has ruled that access to abortion is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. The decision overturns a 2022 High Court ruling that had sought to protect patients and doctors from prosecution, specifically in the case of a 16-year-old girl and her clinician who were arrested in 2019. […]
Iran war sends economic shockwaves across Africa
The war in Iran has dealt a “severe blow” to Africa’s fragile economic recovery, according to the latest IMF Regional Economic Outlook. After a strong 2025, regional growth forecasts for 2026 have been slashed to 4.3%, with median inflation projected to climb to 5%. The conflict is battering the continent through several factors, including surging […]
Zimbabwe ships Africa’s first battery-grade lithium salts
In a milestone for the continent’s industrialization, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has shipped Africa’s first-ever consignment of lithium sulphate from its Zimbabwe operations. The development marks a transition from exporting raw concentrates to high-value intermediate salts used in electric vehicle batteries. The export comes from a $400 million plant completed in October 2025 with an annual […]
Nigeria swaps finance minister ahead of elections
Nigeria has shaken up its economic leadership less than a year before general elections, replacing Finance Minister Wale Edun with tax reform architect Taiwo Oyedele in a move analysts say signals a deepening of President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda. Edun’s departure, officially attributed to health reasons, is widely seen as a dismissal, with insiders suggesting […]
UK museum returns 19th-century artifacts to Botswana
In a significant move toward cultural restitution, Brighton & Hove Museums will return 45 artifacts to Botswana, marking one of the first major repatriations of its kind by a UK institution. The items, originally acquired in the 1890s, include clothing, tools, and household objects tied to the Gammangwato region. Their return follows a 2022 repatriation […]
