Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi. (Supplied) JSE-listed Naspers and its international arm Prosus are on track to deliver more than $7.3 billion – R126.44 billion – in revenue over the entire year, according to an interim results presentation this morning. This would represent an increase of around 1.4% on the top line year-on-year based…
Vaccine alliance Gavi and children’s agency UNICEF have struck a new pricing deal that will sharply cut the cost of a key malaria vaccine and make it possible to protect nearly seven million additional children by 2030, the agencies announced on Sunday. Under the agreement, the price of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will fall to $2.99…
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is prepared for launch with Nasa’s EscaPade mission with two satellites to orbit Mars, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Joe Skipper/Reuters Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn…
Absa expects that growth of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services will boost Black Friday sales this year for e-commerce merchants. It said in a statement on Wednesday that last year, e-commerce was not as strong as in prior years. However, it believes that from the perspective of the retail client, BNPL will remain a…
Rockstar Games has announced another delay for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI, pushing its release back from May 26th, 2026, to November 19th, 2026. The title remains slated for launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S consoles. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Supersonic plane takes flight! The delay…
Kingston, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa was about to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting…
Games of The Future Highlights Community, Innovation and Youth Empowerment (Photo: AETOSWire) Abu Dhabi, UAE will host the Games of the Future 2025 (GOTF 2025), the groundbreaking global event where phygital sports bring together elite clubs, athletes, and gamers to compete in cutting-edge disciplines that blend real-world athleticism with advanced gaming technology. This press release…
Financial markets expert and Managing Director of NG Clearing, Mr. Farooq Oreagba, has said that Africa is on the verge of unveiling an innovative financing model to bridge its infrastructure gap a move he believes could transform the continent’s development trajectory. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, Oreagba said he…
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi stands up and bows to acknowledge the applause after she was selected as Japan’s new prime minister during an extraordinary session of the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on October 21, 2025. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday created history, winning Japan’s…
Right-wing Japan Innovation Party says it will support the governing LDP, allowing Sanae Takaichi to be voted in as leader. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi appears set to become Japan’s first female premier as the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)…
