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Africa’s energy landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. In 2025, Standard Bank’s financing for renewable energy power generation outpaced that for non-renewable power generation by a ratio of 8:1, signalling a shift towards cleaner and more sustainable energy systems across the continent. With nearly 600 million people across Africa still ....
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By Dr Mbongiseni Buthelezi Africa Month cannot be reduced to an annual ritual of pride, symbolism and memory. It must be a moment of reckoning. It should compel us to ask a difficult but necessary question: is Africa truly shaping its own future, or are too many of our nations still forced into the posture […]
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The traditional pathway from education to employment is breaking down. South Africa needs to reckon with that before the window closes. By Riaz Moola, CEO at HyperionDev At a time when global employers are struggling to fill digital and technology roles, South Africa continues to face one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the […]
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By Eric Osiakwan Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is planning a London listing of his cement business this year, after announcing a multi-exchange African listing of his refinery. Dangote Cement which is already listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with a market capitalisation of almost $13bn, would seek a secondary listing on the London Stock […]
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By Shola Khosa, Senior Solutions Architect at Data Management Professionals South Africa Traditionally, cyber recovery planning has been centred on data, systems and infrastructure, yet the one element that determines whether any recovery can actually begin is identity. As cyberattacks grow more targeted, more destructive, and increasingly aimed at the very trust fabric of the […]
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If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise brand survive? By Larry Hodes, CEO Grow Franchising & FASA Board Member Here is a question worth sitting with honestly. If you left your franchise business for 90 days, no calls, no approvals, no quiet interventions, what would actually happen? The revenue question is the […]
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On 29 May 2023, moments after taking the oath of office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared: “Fuel subsidy is gone.” The announcement marked the beginning of one of the most consequential economic reform cycles in Nigeria’s recent history. Over the following months, the administration moved to remove fuel subsidies, unify exchange rates through the Central […]
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