World Athletics (WA) has announced that the selection of Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub, as the host city for its inaugural Africa Road Running Conference was influenced by its extensive commercial connections across the African continent and beyond. Mr Alessio Punzi Cisternino, WA’s head of road running, revealed this information during a press conference held…
The state of play of the e-mobility market critically requires a shift in gears. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa’s(NAAMSA’s) 90th anniversary and South African Automotive Week (SA Auto Week) 2025 in Gqeberha was the destination for electric vehicle (EV) road trippers from Johannesburg, Durban and East London. The journey to the…
There is no shortage of guidance when it comes to cloud migration. Microsoft alone offers a vast ecosystem of tools, templates and frameworks, particularly around Azure, to help customers move infrastructure, apps and data to the cloud. But despite this, many projects still stall, sprawl or struggle to deliver business value. Why? Because migration and…
Legacy network usage remains high in SA, and the path to shut down 2G and 3G networks is complicated. New market analysis signals a challenge for South Africa’s operators and cellphone users, if plans to sunset 2G and 3G networks by December 2027 forge ahead. This is according to Opensignal, which states South African smartphone…
Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a road crash. Police told local media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday evening after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a university bus and another vehicle near the town of Kisumu in western Kenya. At least…
Benjamin Fernandes, founder of Nala, at the 2025 Africa CEO Forum. When Benjamin Fernandes returned to Tanzania in 2017 after completing his MBA in the US, he had a plan: build a digital money transfer company from the ground up. What followed was a turbulent path marked by investor rejections, threats from large competitors and…
