Canva has appointed Learning Curve as its first locally based Canva Partner in Africa, giving organisations across the continent access to the global visual communication platform with local implementation, training and support. The partnership comes as businesses, enterprises and universities face a growing challenge: not simply choosing new technology, but integrating it into existing workflows…
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says capacity restored after major attack last month. Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026 Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that oil pumped through the key East-West Pipeline reached a capacity of 5.8 million barrels a day (bpd). Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made the comments during a panel…
Nokuthula Mkhwane, MD of Aweh Mobile. Aweh Mobile has entered South Africa’s mobile market as the latest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), targeting households with a service that lets them manage multiple SIMs through a single account. The operator, which officially launched yesterday, is positioning its offering around the way families share mobile connectivity, rather…
A Democracy Older Than the Ballot Box Every election season, much of East Africa braces itself. Incumbents amend constitutions to erase term limits, and citizens wait to see whether power will change hands at the ballot box or in the streets. The pattern repeats: disputed results, ethnic mobilizations, coups, or leaders who refuse to leave….
US President Donald Trump shows the crowd an executive order he just signed during a campaign rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5, 2026. Kent Nishimura | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has allowed the use of cheaper red-dyed diesel, typically reserved for farm operations, to be…
African countries face an uphill battle in holding digital companies accountable for the use of their platforms in Russia’s war effort. An investigation into the war being waged by Russia in Ukraine has found that Western digital resources are being used to dupe African and other nationals into joining a covert and decentralised military recruitment…
Energy regulator Nersa wants to keep fully automated trading off South Africa’s new wholesale electricity market for its first five years. The proposal is contained in an 87-page draft framework for the platform on which participants will trade in the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (Sawem). Nersa has published it for public comment as the…
The 2026 Gatefield Health Summit, themed “Scaling What Works,” will focus on the policy, financing and institutional barriers that limit the expansion of proven health solutions across Africa Gatefield, a public strategy and media group, will convene health policymakers, innovators, and creative-sector leaders in Abuja on 21 and 22 October to discuss how to expand…
Out of the three undefeated teams remaining in the NFL a month into the season, the unlikeliest of the group is the one that can’t score touchdowns. Since it erupted for 39 points in a season-opening win, the Minnesota Vikings’ offense has scored just one offensive touchdown in its last three games. It has gone…
Natalie Borcherds, Security Services Manager and Nikishca Moolman, Information Security Consultant at Galix. Cyber security training remains one of the most persistent challenges in corporate South Africa, not because organisations don’t invest in it, but because too many still treat it as a once-off exercise. Ticking a compliance box and moving on. The result? Employees…
