Jerry Yang Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) initiative is pleased to announce that Jerry Yang – Co-Founder of Yahoo!, Founding Partner of AME Cloud Ventures, and Board Director of Alibaba Group – will join the judging panel at the 7th ABH Summit & Grand Finale on December 12-13, 2025, in Kigali,…
South Africa’s graduate unemployment rate fell to 10.4% in Q3 2025, down from 12.2% in Q2. Despite this improvement, the rate remains higher than the 8.7% recorded at the end of Q4 2024, underscoring a persistent disconnect between what graduates study and what the labour market actually requires. “Employers are responding by rethinking what…
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…
When it comes to marketing and communications the single biggest mistake business owners make is focusing all their time and attention on driving tactics and campaigns, while giving little attention to their brand strategy. “Think of your brand strategy like a GPS for your business,” says Janine Lloyd, award-winning brand strategist, founder of LloydBrand, and…
It’s been just three years since ChatGPT launched, but it feels like a lifetime. The tech has exploded, not just with new models and capabilities, but with entirely new ways of working, creating and thinking. The pace of change has been staggering In September 2022, Queen Elizabeth had just died, the war in Ukraine was…
Research shows that the leap from employment to running your own business is far from a simple “quit and succeed” path, and that those most likely to succeed take a gradual, carefully planned approach. “This is especially true for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) who transition from a structured, secure corporate career into…
As the year winds down, many of us start thinking about what’s next: what we want to change, achieve, or let go of in the new year. However, before rushing into setting resolutions or writing down your 2026 goals, it’s worth pausing to ask why these goals matter and whether they truly align with the…
The year is almost done and dusted, and many of us are already thinking about a few days and weeks to grab some well-earned rest. After a hard year, even thinking about planning for 2026 seems a bridge too far. Yet 2025, with all its challenges, has also held some glimmers that we would do…
Magda Habib Interview with Magda HabibCO-FOUNDER, DAWI CLINICS Lives in: Egypt The Starbucks of healthcare. This is how a chain of clinics in Egypt that Magda Habib has co-founded and built to 30 branches has been described. Her husband disagrees, saying McDonald’s is a better comparison, arguing that Starbucks is too expensive in the North…
Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes Across Africa, a new generation of entrepreneurs is quietly transforming the continent’s economic and social landscape. They are not waiting for opportunity – they are creating it. In every sector, from finance to food, transport to technology, these founders are proving that Africa’s most valuable resource is its people’s ability to…
