The closing day of the 28th annual Africa Tech Festival 2025 delivered a clear message: Africa is on a technology trajectory unlike anything seen before, and its potential is limitless. With the world’s youngest population and a rapidly expanding digital economy, the continent is charting its course toward digital sovereignty. This message was reiterated in the...
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G20 Energy Investment Forum to Unite Africa’s Top Finance, Insurance and Technology Leaders
Leaders from Africa’s finance, telecommunications and insurance sectors have been confirmed as speakers at the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum, hosted by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) on November 21 in Johannesburg. The lineup features Dele Kuti, Global Head of Energy and Infrastructure at Standard Bank; Simon Karikari, CEO of Vodacom Mozambique and Lida Preyma, Founder...
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Mafikeng Airport is Getting Rotten Each day, Thanks to ANC – North West
The George Dick Montshiwa Airport in Mahikeng, still widely known as Mafikeng Airport, was meant to be a cornerstone of economic renewal in the North West. More than a decade and millions of rands later, the project has yet to take off, despite taxpayers still paying millions to maintain and guard an abandoned airport. Originally...
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Africa Tech Fest Awards 2025 honour Africa’s trailblazers in technology and innovation
The Africa Tech Festival Awards 2025 held on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 in Cape Town, brought together technology leaders, innovators, and changemakers from across the continent to celebrate excellence in African innovation and digital transformation. Recognising the people and organisations driving meaningful impact across the tech ecosystem, the awards ceremony honoured those who are shaping...
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Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest lender by assets, has officially Opens Cairo Office
Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest lender by assets, has officially inaugurated its new representative office in Cairo, marking a strategic push to harness burgeoning trade and investment flows between the Middle East and the continent. Senior executives, including group chief executive Sim Tshabalala, head of African regions and offshore Lungisa Fuzile, and corporate and investment banking...
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Hisense opens its 1st premium brand store in SA at Canal Walk with locally manufactured products
Hisense SA proudly announces the opening of its very first premium brand store in the country this November, located at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Century City, Cape Town. The launch marks a major milestone in Hisense’s 29 year journey in South Africa and reflects the brand’s ongoing commitment to bringing the latest technology and...
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OPINION | Money Is Not the Problem writes John Sanei, Futurist and Thought Leader
Money is one of the loudest mirrors we have. But what it reflects is rarely about the numbers. You don’t actually have a relationship with money. You have a relationship with your perception of it. The fear, pressure, excitement or lack you feel around money is not coming from money itself. It’s coming from the thoughts and emotional patterns...
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Seeds of Hope – 50 Soilsistas graduate in celebration of Rural Women’s month
Corteva Agriscience proudly announced the graduation of 50 women from the SoilSistas programme in Moletji, Limpopo. This milestone marks the culmination of a 12-month journey of empowerment, technical training and agricultural entrepreneurship, equipping rural women with the tools and confidence to drive meaningful change in their communities. The SoilSistas initiative, established by Corteva Agriscience in...
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Government and tech leaders forge a shared vision for responsible (AI) in Africa
Africa’s technology leaders opened the 28th annual Africa Tech Festival 2025 in Cape Town with a powerful message of unity, calling for responsible, inclusive, and people-centred innovation to drive the continent’s digital future. Leaders from government, global tech firms, and the startup ecosystem stressed that the continent’s digital future must be built on ethical governance, inclusive...
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Cassava Technologies & Google partner to bring Gemini to millions across Africa
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced a strategic partnership to expand access to Google’s advanced AI, Gemini, across the continent. The collaboration is built on two key offers designed to remove the primary barriers of cost and data consumption for consumers and businesses in Africa: By leveraging the extensive reach...