South Africa’s Police Are Eating Themselves — And It Should Terrify You Fourteen senior South African Police Service officers are now suspended. A businessman allegedly linked to organized crime sits in a jail cell. And a R360 million (approximately KSh…
Africa Has Everything. Africans Have Nothing to Show for It. Let’s be honest about something that should make every young Kenyan furious: this continent holds 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, supplies the cobalt in your smartphone, the…
Corporate foundations are often associated with visibility. Many are launched alongside large publicity campaigns, ambitious targets, and carefully crafted narratives about social impact. In such cases, the foundation itself becomes part of the brand story. The launch of the NFG…
The Government Finally Admits Mass Culling Wasn’t Working South Africa’s Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has announced a landmark policy shift that will allow poultry farmers to vaccinate their birds against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — ending a brutal, costly…
SPAR’s Earnings Crash 60% — Here’s Why Your Grocery Bill Isn’t Getting Cheaper Anytime Soon SPAR Group, one of Southern Africa’s biggest supermarket chains, just handed investors a brutal reality check. On Friday, the JSE-listed retailer warned that headline earnings…
The Fintech Industry’s Biggest Problem Isn’t What You Think While everyone obsesses over AI, the fintech industry is quietly being reshaped by something far more urgent — and far less glamorous. How fast can you deploy software? That question is…
A Car Company Says It’s Solving Youth Unemployment. Here’s What We Know. Youth unemployment isn’t a statistic — it’s your cousin who graduated two years ago and is still job-hunting, your friend who took an unpaid internship just to get…
A Billionaire, a Broken Deal, and a Battle That Won’t Die A US$195 million legal war is closing in on Patrice Motsepe’s business empire — and a South African court just gave his accusers another shot at justice. This isn’t…
The Pump Is Political — And It’s Coming for Your Budget Fuel prices are never just numbers on a board at the petrol station. They determine how much your matatu fare costs, how much a trader pays to move goods…
A Deadly Virus Is Spreading. Your Government’s Response Could Determine Whether It Reaches You. Fifty-five people are already dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ebola has been confirmed in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. And African Union Champion on Pandemic…
