Energy regulator Nersa registered 3.13GW of new generation capacity between July and September, nearly four times the 804MW it registered in the previous quarter, as a handful of large wind farms and solar plants swelled the pipeline. The 144 facilities registered in the quarter carry an estimated investment value of R78.2-billion, Nersa said in a…
Chevron does not report a comparable, standalone refining-margin figure, but it reported Friday that its downstream earnings more than quadrupled from a year earlier to $4.9 billion, with the company citing higher margins on refined-product sales. That’s amid tight supplies of refined fuels and pressure on refinery output globally, despite oil firms reporting this week…
One of the earliest uses of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code – computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser and everything else. Code is structured, which makes it easier for AI tools to generate. So, could they help to make fancy software…
Around 800,000 people demonstrated across France, including 250,000 in Paris, according to the CGT. The march in Paris began at 2 pm from the Porte d’Italie and headed for the Porte de Vincennes after the route was changed by the Police Headquarters at the last minute. October 24, 2026. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto via Getty…
AI data center solutions at the SK Telecom Co. booth in the World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The artificial intelligence boom may be entering a more unforgiving phase, as investors increasingly question whether the billions poured into data centers will translate…
After several years at McKinsey in South Africa and Nigeria, American-born Brooks Washington set out to build something of his own. His first venture was a beer bottle factory in Ethiopia. It was followed by a pan-African data centre business, an equipment financing company and, most recently, a hospital. How we made it in Africa…
Beyond the scoreline, the performance offered interim coach Augustine Eguavoen encouraging signs of a team beginning to rediscover its defensive solidity while exploring fresh possibilities in attack Nigeria’s Super Falcons took another confident step towards the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games after dismantling Comoros 5-0 on Tuesday to complete a 7-0 aggregate victory and advance…
Angola started their group B campaign with a win at the 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations after beating Southern African neighbours Mozambique 5-1 on Tuesday at the Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat. The 2024 edition runner up Angola started the group on a high note to go second of the…
If you held off on buying AirPods during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, your patience just paid off. Walmart has Apple AirPods 4 on sale for $79 right now, which is even lower than the price they dropped to during Amazon’s sale. Deals like this on Apple’s earbuds tend to go fast, so it’s worth…
Raj Kamal, founder and CEO of TransFi By Bonface Orucho (Bird Story Agency) Africa is building faster ways to move money across borders. However, faster payment rails are exposing the question whether banks and payment providers have enough of the right currencies, at the right price, to settle those payments. In February, the Pan-African Payment…
