Nigerian billionaire industrialist Abdul Samad Rabiu has been recognised as the CEO of the Year at the ongoing Africa CEO Forum. He is among the six business leaders and companies that were honoured at the Africa CEO Awards 2026 in Kigali. The Founder of BUA Group, Rabiu leads a major industrial powerhouse driven notably by…
South Africa has reached a milestone that would have seemed unthinkable just three years ago: a full 12 consecutive months without a single bout of load shedding. The last time Eskom imposed rolling power cuts was in mid-May 2025, capping what has become the longest sustained period of grid stability in well over a decade….
U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attends an opening session on the first day of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 28, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership is hanging by a thread as a growing number of his…
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has declared 2026 its “Year of the Customer,” underscoring a renewed strategic focus on customer-centric growth during its annual leadership conference and awards ceremony. The event, which brought together more than 100 senior leaders from across the continent, served as a platform to align on business priorities and strengthen execution strategies….
SAMRO ensures composers, authors and publishers are fairly compensated for the use of their musical works. The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) has reaffirmed its core mandate of administering and distributing royalties to music creators, announcing total distribution allocation of R630.2 million for the 2025 financial year. The 2025 distribution marks a 1.3% increase…
Authorities in New Iberia, Louisiana, have said the incident does not appear to be an intentional car-ramming. Published On 4 Apr 20264 Apr 2026 An estimated 15 people have been injured in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish, after a car struck participants at a Lao New Year parade in the United States. According to a statement from…
The helmet and three golden bracelets were stolen in January 2025, but one bracelet is yet to be found.
The 2026 Wired4Women CIO of the Year winner will be revealed on 16 April. Six outstanding tech leaders have been shortlisted for the 2026 CIO of the Year Award, with the winner to be revealed on 16 April. The Wired4Women Awards, in partnership with the Wired4Women Tech Forum and ITWeb Brainstorm, with Telkom as lead…
The market is shifting away from isolated point solutions towards converged technology ecosystems. For most of the past decade, enterprise IT strategy followed a simple formula: add another tool. A new platform would solve a vulnerability, another would improve collaboration and a chatbot would enhance engagement. Each new challenge introduced another layer of technology. Individually,…
An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Chinese industrial firms saw their profits surge in the first two months of this year as officials pressed ahead with efforts to contain the fallout from…
