Pekkish: Purpose-Built Tech Platform Takes Top Honours

Pekkish: Purpose-Built Tech Platform Takes Top Honours

At this year’s Bellville Connect Level Up Business Programme, hosted by the Greater Tygerberg Partnership, Sodieq Barendse claimed the top award for his innovative platform, Pekkish — an ordering marketplace and POS ecosystem built to close the digital divide for micro-entrepreneurs. The win affirms the hard work behind building a brand “with minimal resources, powered…

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Africa: PMI-Ferrari Partnership Puts Tobacco Harm Reduction in the Formula 1 Spotlight

Africa: PMI-Ferrari Partnership Puts Tobacco Harm Reduction in the Formula 1 Spotlight

Philip Morris International’s flagship nicotine pouch brand, ZYN, will feature on Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula 1 car liveries at select races across upcoming seasons. This follows the announcement of an expanded partnership between PMI and Scuderia Ferrari HP, as well as with Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, the single-marque motorsport championship created in 1993, starting in…

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Africa Chidren’s Heart Foundation Gives New Lease of Life to Abandoned Four – Year-Old Boy

Africa: Royal Air Maroc to Launch Africa’s First Direct Flight to U.S. West Coast in 2026

In a major leap for African aviation, Morocco’s national airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), announced on Thursday that it will inaugurate a historic nonstop route between Casablanca and Los Angeles beginning June 7, 2026. The service Africa’s first direct air link to the U.S. Pacific Coast marks a significant expansion in global connectivity and positions…

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Africa Chidren’s Heart Foundation Gives New Lease of Life to Abandoned Four – Year-Old Boy

Africa: A Turning Point at COP11 – African Voices Challenge the FCTC’s One-Size-Fits-All Approach

COP11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was supposed to be a routine gathering — another closed-door meeting where small expert groups draft decisions, which are later rubber-stamped by member states. Instead, it became something far more significant: a moment of awakening, resistance, and reassertion of sovereignty, especially from African nations that…

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Africa Chidren’s Heart Foundation Gives New Lease of Life to Abandoned Four – Year-Old Boy

Africa: King’s Trust International Appoints New Co-Chairs of Africa Advisory Board

As Co-Chairs, the Aig-Imoukhuedes are expected to deepen the Board’s strategic influence and support the expansion of skills and entrepreneurship programmes King’s Trust International (KTI) has appointed Nigerian business leader Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and his wife, lawyer and philanthropist Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, as the new co-chairs of its Africa Advisory Board. According to a statement sent to…

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