Sentiment shifts in European markets as traders go from tariffs to earnings
European stocks are expected to open flat to lower on Thursday ahead of a raft of earnings reports from the region.
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iOCO co-CEO resigns after one year
Dennis Venter has resigned as co-CEO of iOCO. Dennis Venter has resigned as co-CEO and member of the board of directors of iOCO, with immediate effect. The JSE-listed iOCO, formerly known as EOH, made the announcement yesterday, saying Venter has decided to pursue his other business interests. “The company extends its sincere appreciation to Dennis…
Africa: Obasanjo, Falola Endorse Oyeyinka’s New Book As Roadmap for Africa’s Industrialisation
Funmi Ogundare Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and renowned historian, Toyin Falola, have hailed a new book written by Development Economist, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, describing it as a practical blueprint for Africa’s long-awaited industrial renaissance. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, a former Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), recently unveiled ‘The Quest…
Africa: Artificial Intelligence – Africa Governments Must Adopt, Adapt, and Indigenise, but Do Not Copy and Paste
An African aphorism says “When elders sit together, words are weighed, not counted.” “And when value circulates locally, trust deepens and community stability holds.” Much of today’s global conversation is shaped by new technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and social media, and the impact of these forces on democracy, peace, security, geo-politics, integration…
Minneapolis woman who Ilhan Omar took to State of the Union needed medical care after arrest
WASHINGTON — Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota woman whom Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took as her guest to the State of the Union address Tuesday, needed hospital treatment after she was arrested during the speech, Rahman and Omar said. Rahman silently stood up during the part of President Donald Trump’s speech in which he called on…
Samsung S26 launch – rand helps shield South Africans from bigger price hikes
The ongoing RAM shortage, driven by suppliers shifting their production lines to higher-margin high-bandwidth memory used for AI workloads in data centres, is already affecting the smartphone market as the Samsung Galaxy S26 launched at prices slightly higher than its predecessor on Wednesday evening. Speaking to TechCentral in a post-launch interview following the Johannesburg leg…
Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat were Cuban nationals, Cuba says
The passengers were armed and intended to “carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes”, the Cuban government said.
Budget 2026: SA Connect phase two ‘comes to an end’
SA Connect was touted as the flagship programme to provide broadband in underserviced areas. One of government’s “major” public sector infrastructure projects, South Africa Connect, will be completed in the 2025/26 financial year. This is according to National Treasury’s Budget Review that coincides with the 2026 national budget. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget…
Cuba says it killed 4 people on speedboat from Florida who opened fire off Cuban coast
Cuba’s coast guard killed four people on a speedboat from Florida who opened fire off the Cuban coast on Wednesday, the interior ministry in Havana said. The ship was one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino canal in Cayo Falcones, the ministry said in a statement. When five members of the Border Guard…
Dennis Venter resigns as iOCO co-CEO
Dennis Venter Dennis Venter has resigned as co-CEO and board member of JSE-listed IT services group iOCO with immediate effect. In a statement to shareholders after markets closed in Johannesburg on Wednesday, iOCO said Venter has decided to pursue his other business interests. The company thanked him for his leadership and contribution during his tenure….