Bolanle Austen-Peters, the Nigerian theatre, film and cultural-enterprise founder, has been honoured with the ASP Architect of Culture Award at the Africa Soft Power Gala & Awards 2026 in Nairobi, in recognition of more than two decades of work building the institutional foundations of modern Nigerian theatre. The award was presented by H.E. Zainab Hawa…
Soft skills development is often undervalued and overlooked. (Image: iSpring) Soft skills training helps employees collaborate and communicate more effectively in the workplace. Any organisation can increase its chances of success by ensuring that its team members have the right abilities, and soft skills play a crucial role. What is soft skills training? Soft skills…
South Africa’s graduate unemployment rate fell to 10.4% in Q3 2025, down from 12.2% in Q2. Despite this improvement, the rate remains higher than the 8.7% recorded at the end of Q4 2024, underscoring a persistent disconnect between what graduates study and what the labour market actually requires. “Employers are responding by rethinking what…
The State IT Agency has unveiled its automated supply chain management platform. Often in the news for its archaic and manipulation-prone procurement processes, the State IT Agency (SITA) this morning unveiled its automated supply chain management (SCM) platform. The soft launch took place at the GovTech conference, in Durban, with the government ICT procurement arm…
There are few countries in the world where Coca-Cola isn’t the most popular soft drink. But in Peru, that position is held by Inca Kola – an almost 100-year-old beverage deeply embedded in the national identity. The yellow soda – meant to evoke the grandeur of the ancient Inca Empire and its reverence for gold…
