Africa: From Bureaucracy to Bytes – Digitalization Reshaping Tanzania’s Procurement Future for Economic Growth

Africa: From Bureaucracy to Bytes – Digitalization Reshaping Tanzania’s Procurement Future for Economic Growth

Public procurement reform rarely makes headlines. But when a single digital system begins to demonstrably reduce costs, shorten timelines, and open up contracting opportunities to a wider pool of businesses–all within three years–it is worth examining how it happened and what others can learn from it. Tanzania’s Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has done exactly…

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Bytes Technology Group plunges on profit warning

Bytes Technology Group plunges on profit warning

Shares of Bytes Technology Group, which is listed in London and Johannesburg, plunged more 27% on Wednesday after the IT firm said its operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2026 would be marginally lower due to delayed customer payments and longer-than-expected readjustments from internal restructuring. Trading in the first few months of the…

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