Vodacom Group has returned its South African prepaid business to growth, a day after rival MTN reported another fall in its prepaid customer base. Vodacom South Africa’s prepaid mobile customer revenue rose 1.7% to R13.4-billion in the six months to 30 September 2026, accelerating to 3.1% in the second quarter from 0.4% in the first,…
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…
The United Nations General Assembly will on Friday, September 4, vote on an African-led initiative calling for wider use of world maps that represent the size of continents particularly Africa more accurately. The draft resolution, led by Togo and backed by the African Union (AU), encourages governments, schools, international organisations and technology companies to use…
Mombasa, Kenya — As funding shrinks, civic space narrows and opposition to sexual and reproductive rights grows across Africa, advocates are gathering in Mombasa with a simple message: progress cannot be taken for granted. More than 250 advocates, policymakers, youth leaders, healthcare providers, researchers, civil society organisations and community leaders from across the continent have…
Faced with shrinking aid budgets and shifting donor priorities, African governments are exploring new ways to finance development, from mobilising pension funds to attracting private investment and strengthening regional partnerships. The change reflects a growing focus on funding development through domestic resources, investment, and regional partnerships rather than external assistance. Experts say that African governments…
Africa’s landmass is so big that Russia, China, India and the United States could fit in it. But that’s not the impression you get when you look at the world map that’s been in use for more than 450 years. ALSO READ: African Union urges replacement of outdated world map that shrinks Africa The widely…
