146 South Africa has formally joined Afreximbank as a Class A shareholder. African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the continent’s biggest trade bank, has committed an $8 billion (about R128 billion) financing package for…
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Estonia’s digital ID lesson for South Africa
146 Digital identity has become economic infrastructure across the globe. For South Africa, which could begin rolling out its own digital IDs for citizens later this year, whether they drive inclusion or…
Trump signs Agoa into law for another year and SA is included – so far
125 Although the US president did not delete any names of countries before he signed Agoa, het can still do it, an economist says. United States (US) President Donald Trump signed Agoa…
Vodacom leans on Africa growth as SA remains under pressure
172 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group on Wednesday posted a nearly 13% rise in third‑quarter service revenue, driven by solid growth across its African operations, particularly in Egypt and the…
Please Call Me legal funders head to arbitration to secure 40% of Vodacom payout
117 They’ll be going alone. Makate’s legal team says the agreement they are relying on was the result of fraud. Nkosana Kenneth Makate’s original legal funder, Black Rock Mining, has asked the…
South African fintech Lula lands R340m to scale SME working capital
148 Trevor Gosling, co-founder and CEO of Lula Lula has secured R340-million in local currency funding from Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO. This investment will help expand access to finance for micro,…
Most business owners don’t worry about IT
134 The author, SevenC MD Graeme Millar Most small business owners don’t think about IT as often as they do about customers, cash flow, staff, suppliers and deadlines. IT sits quietly in…
Domestic workers to get an almost R2 increase. Here’s the new wage for 2026
123 Minister of Employment and Labour Nomakhosazana Meth has announced a R1.44 increase to the national minimum wage. Meth on Tuesday said the increase will benefit all workers, including vulnerable farm workers…
Why cloud projects fail – and how three days can fix this
137 Many journeys to the cloud hit a wall because of culture, not technology. Industry data suggests that up to 70% of cloud adoption friction is non-technical, instead being affected by organisational…
XLink raises the bar for mission-critical networks
153 XLink has set the benchmark for enterprise-grade connectivity in South Africa, announcing a full 12 months of proven uninterrupted network uptime throughout 2025. This milestone achievement underscores XLink’s position as a…