Category: <span>Business</span>

Nielsen, the TV measurement specialist, has announced enhancements to its Streaming Content Ratings (SCR) product, which accelerates data deliveries from a once-weekly reporting cadence to a daily cadence. With this update, Nielsen has reduced SCR data delivery time by up to 80 per cent. Clients now receive data, delivered each business day, for viewing that...

A New Tech Nerve Center at Disney Disney just added a top-level technology seat and handed it to Karandeep Anand. Until now, CTO roles existed inside individual business units, not across the entire company. This move centralizes tech leadership at a moment when Disney is trying to knit its platforms and experiences more tightly together. Who...

Consumer products (CP) companies are investing heavily in transformation with 94% of supply chain executives saying they are transforming the function. The next opportunity is to embed that progress in day-to-day operations so companies can make faster, more coordinated decisions and capture increasingly fragmented growth opportunities, according to the latest EY State of Consumer Products report. The...

Phones and wearables help improve people’s quality of life, and Samsung is an undisputed leader in quality and reliable smart products, loved by South Africa’s consumers. Now its devices will reach even more South Africans across wider price options and value offerings, and supported by more grassroots retailers. Mitsumi Distribution has forged a dynamic partnership...

Leading carbon accounting platforms Greenly and Normative announced they are merging to create the world’s largest climate software provider, triggering the consolidation of a fragmented market. The combination unites the two largest emissions datasets into a single system of record, giving businesses the most accurate view of their Scope 3 supply-chain emissions, and giving the new entity...

Jan Beckers, entrepreneur and technology investor, is committing a total of €50 million over the next three to seven years to reduce risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The non-profit Global Technology Risk Foundation gGmbH (GTR Foundation), which he founded in 2023 together with his sister Lisa Beckers, is now launching the GTR AI Safety Fund,...

Google has entered into an agreement with Stegra for the purchase of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) connected to Stegra’s steel production in Boden, Sweden. These EACs help scale global supply for near-zero emission steel. The agreement covers EACs for a volume of up to 91.000 tonnes of steel for the first year, with an ambition...

The 2026 BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi from Saturday to Sunday, bringing together leaders of major emerging economies to promote inclusive global governance, strengthen multilateralism and foster sustainable global economic growth. When addressing the Session I of the 18th BRICS Summit on Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping noted that this year marks the...

The novel biotech active delivers clinically demonstrated hyperpigmentation correction and skin brightening at a 0.45% use level, less than half the EU’s maximum concentration for kojic acid in face and hand products.    Debut, the biotech beauty leader, announced the launch of DermCeutical PNar™, a biotech active engineered to visibly reduce hyperpigmentation and brighten the skin without the irritation commonly associated with the industry’s most widely used,...

XTransfer, the world’s leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, reinforced its commitment to serving SMEs across Africa through its first participation in Seamless Africa 2026, held 8–9 September. The debut reflects XTransfer’s growing focus on enabling legitimate, secure cross-border trade that supports real-economy supply chains across the continent. “Our debut at Seamless Africa reflects a clear...