Jo Malone sued for using her own name in collaboration with Zara
The perfumier sold the rights to her name in 1999 but has previously said she regretted the move.
Standard Bank IT bill tops R14-billion as software spending shifts
Standard Bank Group’s annual financial results, published on Thursday, have revealed that Africa’s largest bank by assets spent more than R14-billion on cloud, software and technology in 2025 — an 8.7% year-on-year increase that far outpaced the growth in its overall cost base. The “cloud, software and technology” line item in the group’s operating expenses…
Africa: Nigeria Signs Intra-African Trade Fair 2027 Host Agreement
Nigeria has signed the host agreement for the f ifth Intra-African Trade Fair 2027 (IATF2027), taking over the baton from Algeria which hosted the highly successful fourth edition that recorded US$49.94 bil lion in trade and investment deals. The agreement signing ceremony was held in Lagos on Monday, the designated ‘host city’, in partner ship…
Africa: Sub-Saharan African Economies Among World’s Fastest-Improving in Global Connectedness
Based on more than 9 million data points tracking international flows of trade, capital, information, and people, the report offers the most comprehensive view of globalisation available. Global connectedness stood at 25 per cent in 2025, matching the record high first reached in 2022 Namibia ranks among the top three countries globally for long-term increases…
U.S. Paralympian Oksana Masters reflects on winning 22 medals: “My cheeks are hurting from smiling”
Oksana Masters, the most decorated U.S. Winter Paralympian of all time, told CBS News that “my cheeks are hurting from smiling” after winning three gold medals in Milan. “I feel like I’m on top of the world,” Masters said. “I am shocked.” Masters took home her 20th medal after placing first in the women’s sprint…
Octotel and RSAWEB partner with Project Isizwe and Huddle to power connected classrooms
Octotel, South Africa’s leading fibre network, has partnered with RSAWEB, Project Isizwe, and Huddle to launch a groundbreaking initiative to bridge the digital divide and empower education within the Western Cape. This collaboration aims to transform learning environments across the region and bridge the digital divide by providing world-class fibre internet to classrooms. Together, the…
Africa and China At 70: a Partnership Shaping the Next Global Order
At a time when the international order is increasingly shaped by conflict, strategic rivalry and economic uncertainty, the relationship between China and Africa is entering a significant new phase. As the two sides mark 70 years of diplomatic relations, Beijing is signalling that the partnership remains a central pillar of its global engagement and one…
African Health Financing Faces Governance Crisis, Not Just Funding Gap
Despite spending billions on health every year, many African health systems remain underfunded and heavily dependent on external assistance. Then, African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which pledged to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets to health care. Yet, as fiscal spaces tighten and debt burdens grow, a new consensus is emerging: the problem isn’t…
Can Iran’s asymmetric warfare hold US-Israeli military power at bay? | US-Israel war on Iran News
Despite United States President Donald Trump’s repeated declarations of victory in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military assets in the region have continued, upending global financial and energy markets. “We’ve had two decades to study defeats of the US military to our immediate east and west. We’ve incorporated…
Schneider Electric appoints VP of secure power division
Steven Santini, Vice President: Secure Power, Sub-Saharan Africa of Schneider Electric. Schneider Electric has appointed Steven Santini as VP of secure power for sub-Saharan Africa. The division is responsible for operational technologies used to safeguard data centres, distributed IT and other systems. According to Schneider, Santini will focus on expanding the company’s secure power ecosystem…