Ugandan scientist Dr Matthias Magoola, the founder of Dei BioPharma, has been named among the 100 most influential people in Africa. He received the honour at a ceremony in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Friday. His company is building one of the region’s largest medicine and vaccine plants. The organisers said he was recognised for…
SASSA seeks a cloud-based omni-channel contact centre as a service solution. (Image source: iStock) National Treasury’s eTenders Portal delivers a mixed bag for the ICT industry this week, with a rush of new advertisements favouring those companies that are eager to engage in lower value, quick turnaround quotation requests. A new tender from the South…
Nigeria’s nine scheduled airlines failed to make Africa’s top 10 in the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, as high operating costs and weak passenger demand continue to strain the ability of domestic carriers to sustain operations and expand their networks. Aviation sector experts who spoke with LEADERSHIP said Nigerian airlines are grappling with rising operating…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the keynote address at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center on Sept. 15, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images With the debate about regulating artificial intelligence raging in Washington this week, President Donald Trump picked up the phone to call his top ally on…
The iPhone 18 Pro South Africans buying the entry-level iPhone 18 Pro will pay R200 more than the iPhone 17 Pro cost at launch a year ago, even though Apple has raised the price of the same phone by 9% in the US. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at R28 799 for the 256GB model, an…
SAPS, via SITA, seeks a service provider to supply, deliver, support and maintain body-worn and vehicle dashboard cameras. (Image source: iStock) It’s another busy week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, with around 800 new requests placed on the platform over the past week. The ICT industry fares well with municipalities, in particular, offering a range…
Global stock markets have been volatile as investors assess high bond yields and continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There are concerns about the impact of uncertainty in the Middle East on oil prices and consequently on inflation. Investors who prefer to look beyond short-term noise and buy stocks with attractive long-term growth potential…
Talking Shop is our series where we talk to interesting people about their most interesting buys. Reality star, business owner and podcaster Carl Radke is rarely sitting still. He’s currently filming Season 11 of Bravo’s Summer House on the weekends in the Hamptons; he’s hosting events at Soft Bar, his Brooklyn-based non-alcoholic bar and cafe;…
The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index (NGX ASI) has appreciated by 56.93 per cent year-to-date (YtD), placing it among the four best-performing stock market indices in Africa as of August 31, 2026. THISDAY analysis of trading numbers across African Exchanges showed that the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index (GSE-CI), which gained 71.90 per cent YtD…
Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes From more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries, ten founders have emerged as the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10. Following two days of live Semi-Final pitches in Nairobi on 21–22 August, the finalists were selected from a competitive Top 20 by a distinguished judging panel. They were…
