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Blue Label Telecoms admits missteps in Cell C move
Blue Label Telecoms views Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes as an “executor”. (Photograph by Nicola Mawson) JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, rebranding to Blu Label Unlimited to amplify the market’s focus on its units as it spins Cell C out via a JSE listing, has admitted it failed in its initial execution of its purchase of…
Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights
For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind “northern” norms. Urban geographer Jennifer…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,282 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Here are the key events on day 1,282 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025 Here is how things stand on Friday, August 29: Fighting Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including four children, authorities said,…
‘No Azure for Apartheid’ sparks tensions inside Microsoft
Demonstrators march in support of Palestinians in Gaza near the Microsoft Build conference, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, to call for the termination of Microsoft’s Azure contracts with Israel in Seattle on 21 May. David Ryder/Reuters Two Microsoft employees were fired on Wednesday after taking part in a…
African Debt and Climate Change – How the ICJ’s Vanuatu Ruling Could Be Used for Broader Justice
African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations – health, education, renewable energy, water. Discussions with their creditors focus on financial, economic and contractual issues. The environmental and social impacts of their situation are largely excluded from…
Africa: Ilê Aiyê, Afro-Bloco Veterans Back in the USA!
Thirty-one years ago, in 1994, Afropop was invited to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for the Fest in Bahia festival. It was a trip full of revelations, including attending an Olodum rehearsal in the wake of Paul Simon’s featuring the Afro-Bloco band on his Rhythm of the Saints album, and our first taste of mangue-beat music with…
Nikkei 225, Kospi, CSI 300
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday, breaking ranks from Wall Street gains as investors also assess a slate of economic data in the region. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 0.31%, while the Topix lost 0.39% after core consumer prices in Tokyo rose at a slower pace in…
Gen Z talent strategist moves up the ranks at Dariel
Lebo Mosola takes on the role of talent manager at Dariel. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Software engineering firm Dariel has promoted Lebo Mosola to the role of talent manager, tasking her with reshaping how the company attracts, develops and retains top tech talent. This will be crucial as SA’s shortage of skilled software engineers is reaching…
Africa: How to Harness the Ocean for Prosperity – Funding African Innovations Can Unlock the Blue Economy
Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometres of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally sustainable blue economies. The G20 group of 19 of the world’s largest economies and the African Union also view the blue economy as key to developing the…