Altron expects headline earnings per share from continuing operations of between 107c and 112c for the six months to 31 August 2026, up 11% to 17% on the 96c reported a year earlier. The JSE-listed technology group said in a trading statement on Wednesday that group headline earnings per share, which include discontinued operations, will…
MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman Ferdi Moolman has worked for MTN for most of his career, but until he took over as CEO of its South African business late last year, almost none of that work was done in South Africa. He left the country at the turn of the century, ran MTN Nigeria…
Caxton & CTP Publishers & Printers has begun piloting AI in its media division, and says it has so far applied the technology to copy editing rather than to writing. The disclosure appears in the group’s results for the year to 30 June 2026, published on Friday. The results describe a deliberately cautious roll-out. Caxton…
Lesaka Southern Africa CEO Lincoln Mali About 30 people have been affected by a restructuring of Lesaka Technologies’ merchant division, and the dual-listed fintech will not rule out further job losses as it folds four acquired businesses into one. “It would be foolish to say there won’t be,” Lesaka Southern Africa CEO Lincoln Mali told…
Nigeria’s Junior Female YellowGreens have completed a flawless Group A campaign at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, defeating hosts Tanzania by 57 runs in their final group encounter to finish top of the standing with a maximum six points. Playing at the NTS, TCA Cricket Arena in Dar es Salaam, Nigeria…
WIOCC Group, Africa’s leading carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform, has signed a Shareholder Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors will make a combined $300 million investment in the company. Signed at the LEAP 2026 Global Technology exhibition in Riyadh, the agreement represents…
Reaching the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League is one of the toughest tests in African club football as clubs begin their campaigns this weekend with that aim in mind. The preliminary round of the competition will begin with the first legs on 04-06 September and conclude a week later. There will be…
A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute warned users on Friday about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of President Trump. The respected Trimbos Institute said that several of the pills have been handed in recently at a network of centers that test drugs for users before they take them. …
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA, and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusion by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said on Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of online domains used for hacking platforms. The hacking platforms, known as “QScan and QTRouter,” were “used…
The West African nation of Liberia received the first group of “third country” deportees from the U.S. on Thursday, including migrants from Latin America, U.S. officials told CBS News. Roughly 20 deportees from different countries landed in Liberia, after being deported from the U.S. A U.S. official, however, told CBS News that after the plane…
