Binance South Africa’s Hannes Wessels Regulatory advances in 2025 have laid the foundation for the growth of cryptocurrencies, with their use in domestic payments and cross-border remittances expected to surge this year. “Last year marked a turning point for crypto in [South Africa and the rest of] Africa, shifting from retail‑led speculation and towards institutional…
Hermina lives in the Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria, and Sabera is a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Though they live in vastly different places, the struggles they have faced simply for being pregnant bring them closer together. “I walked from five to nine in the morning,” says Hermina Nandode, cradling her baby…
The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a ‘frozen right’ granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation, ignoring the functional, governance-filled reality of Somaliland. The contemporary political landscape of Africa is haunted – not by the spectres of its colonial past, but by a robust, living…
Watch: BBC asks if breakup of Nato is price Trump willing to pay for Greenland US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying there is “no going back”. Asked at a news conference how far he was willing to go to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory, he…
Peter Walsh, MD of CommsCloud. For years, connectivity was viewed merely as a basic utility − a necessary pipe to keep the lights on. In 2026, this mindset must fundamentally change. The dawn of truly intelligent, autonomous and prescriptive operational intelligence across Africa is dependent on a single truth: Connectivity must be treated as a…
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Chery’s Tiggo 4 Pro Chinese vehicle brands are no longer just disrupting South Africa’s new-car market – they are now entrenching themselves in the used vehicle segment, long regarded as a tough test of buyer confidence. New data from AutoTrader shows that models from brands such as Chery, Haval, GWM and Omoda are selling in…
It has been one year since Donald Trump took office for a second term as United States president, and he marked the occasion with a marathon news conference in the White House briefing room, where he zig-zagged between topics ranging from immigration to the future of the United Nations. “ It’s been an amazing period of…
Only 13% of public schools in Gauteng are connected to the internet. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has criticised premier Panyaza Lesufi’s call for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven classrooms, while the majority of public schools remain offline. Gauteng premier Lesufi reportedly called on government to back the use of AI in schools, stating that learners…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have climbed to third place in Africa but retained 38th position globally in the latest FIFA Men’s World Rankings released on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Eagles moved up from fifth to third in Africa after an impressive performance at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)…
