On World Mosquito Day, attention remains focused on the devastating impact of the disease in Africa. The continent accounts for 95 per cent of malaria-related deaths worldwide. Five years after the roll-out of the first malaria vaccine, it is beginning to deliver measurable results – although significant challenges remain. The RTS,S vaccine marked a turning…
Africa’s private capital market posted a mixed first half in 2026. Deal volume fell 16% year on year to 211 transactions, the first H1 drop since 2023. Investment value rose 65% to $3.7 billion, the second highest first-half total in five years. The gap between average deal size, $32 million, and median deal size, $5…
Taipei, Taiwan – For Li, an engineer at Taiwanese computer giant ASUS, the AI boom sweeping Taiwan has made it an exciting time to work in tech. Taiwan is a semiconductor powerhouse, producing about 90 percent of the most advanced chips used to power leading AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude. Recommended Stories list…
In a recent interview with How we made it in Africa, Sango Capital co-founder Richard Okello outlined the countries where he sees the greatest investment potential. Okello points first to Egypt, which he describes as “very intentional about becoming a middle-income country”. A key advantage is its population of some 120 million. For businesses, that means a vast…
An aerial view of the Samsung Electronics’ chip production facilities at Hwaseong, South Korea Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported record quarterly profit driven by a 49-fold jump in chip income, saying it expects a severe supply shortage to deepen next year as clients spend on AI, driving up prices of its memory chips. The world’s…
Intel shares skyrocketed more than 23.6% on Friday, closing at $82.54 and finally eclipsed the company’s long-standing peak from the year 2000. This historic rally pushed Intel’s market value above $416 billion, signalling a massive vote of investor confidence in the turnaround led by CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday:…
Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group CEO. Standard Bank Group witnessed growth in digital retail clients in South Africa, for the 2025 financial year. This, as the JSE-listed financial services group reported headline earnings of R49.2 billion and delivered a return on equity of 19.3%. According to results released today, the bank’s digital retail clients grew…
Women held 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide as the year began -a 0.3 per cent increase from 2025, marking the slowest growth in nearly a decade, according to a new report from the UN-backed Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The report titled Women in parliament 2025 released ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March,…
Sonatel, the largest company by market value on the BRVM, reported consolidated revenue of 1,923.1 billion FCFA (about $3.47 billion) in 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year. Net income reached 413.6 billion FCFA (about $746.6 million), an increase of 5.1 percent from 2024. The company’s (BRVM: SNTS) EBITDAaL stood at 921.2 billion FCFA (about…
Larry Cooke, legal counsel for Binance Africa. Crypto-currency exchange Binance has seen rapid customer growth in South Africa, since its local inception eight years ago, as more South Africans adopt crypto-currency. The online digital wallet service − through which crypto-currencies can be traded, bought and sold − says it has witnessed local customer numbers rising…
