Oct 26, 2026
Southern Africa’s private capital industry is showing renewed confidence, with new survey findings revealing a significant uptick in fundraising led by South African institutional investors and increased exit proceeds, despite slower investment activity. The SAVCA...
Oct 21, 2026
Africa’s relevance to the evolution of global finance is significant. The continent’s experience, particularly in cross-border payments, provides a glimpse into what tomorrow’s increasingly digital, data-driven global financial system could look like. By Mthokozisi...
Oct 19, 2026
When mobile networks first started rolling out at scale, the African market was considered unviable by many of the companies assessing the continent through the assumptions of more developed markets. By Robert Benvenuti, CEO: data and applied AI at Absa Fixed-line...
Oct 19, 2026
As artificial intelligence (AI) moves into everyday use across African economies, how it is governed is becoming important, writes Kadi Diallo, head of content for Africa Tech Festival. Governments need frameworks that protect citizens while enabling innovation;...
Oct 15, 2026
The world counts Africa’s electrification in connections. It should count it in hours of dependable power, writes Walid Sheta, President, Middle East and Africa, Schneider Electric. The sector’s scoreboard counts connections. By that count, 53% of sub-Saharan...
Oct 14, 2026
Somewhere in Africa, a truck waits at a border while a declaration already in the system is retyped. The customs system behind it knows the cargo, the consignee and the duty paid. The system 50 meters away, across the line, does not know of it. What one knows about a...
