MONROVIA — Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson, Sr. opens Monrovia to 26 of Africa’s top financial watchdogs Monday, as Liberia hosts the continent’s most high-stakes public audit gathering for the first time in the GAC’s history. The assembly, convened under the African Organization of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions, known as AFROSAI-E, runs Monday through Friday…
Talking Shop is our series where we talk to interesting people about their most interesting buys. In late 2025, former Peloton instructor Kendall Toole announced the launch of her new fitness app, NKO Club. Leaning into her love of mental and physical fitness, Toole has built an entire ecosystem where people can stream live workout…
The 2IC strategy is becoming one of the most effective ways for South African businesses to reduce staff turnover, retain institutional knowledge, and build long-term employee loyalty. High staff turnover is one of the most significant hidden costs in modern South African business. When a key employee resigns, the financial impact is staggering – it…
The Department of Home Affairs wants to establish an ICT portfolio management office. (Image source: 123RF) It’s another quiet week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, as the public sector’s biggest players maintain a low profile. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), however, bucks the trend with its request for a service provider from SITA’s RFB1183…
When wildlife TV personality Forrest Galante sat down for his monthly call with YouTube consultant Paddy Galloway, he received some bad news. No more turtles. Galante has 2.5 million YouTube subscribers. He’s been producing wildlife programming for more than a decade, including a docuseries on Animal Planet and a show on the History Channel. He…
Emma Wenani, Chief Director of Global Media Alliance, has been named among the Ascent Top 100 Career Women in Africa 2026, a recognition by Ascent Club that celebrates bold, audacious and high-impact women shaping the continent’s corporate landscape. The recognition places her among an influential group of women whose work continues to redefine leadership, excellence…
MTN group CEO and president Ralph Mupita earned almost R100 million last year. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with MTN images) Africa’s largest cellphone company, MTN, paid six executives R320 million in 2025, a 62% year-on-year gain across its top posts after it reversed its loss-making position in the year to December. In its recently released…
A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa’s economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy in 2026. This is not speculation. Projections from the International Monetary Fund place the DRC’s GDP at around $123 billion,…
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has emerged the second best performing bourse in Africa buoyed by the recent FTSE Russell reclassification of Nigeria from unclassified to Frontier market status. As of April 24, 2026, the major market indicator of Nigeria’s stock market, NGX All-Share has appreciated by 45.05 per cent in its Year-till-Date (YtD) growth,…
First all-women cohort of winners hails from Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the UK and the US. This year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to six grassroots environmental activists from around the world for their efforts to fight climate change and save biodiversity. For the first time since the prize was…
