Category: <span>Business</span>

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has given Cricket South Africa (CSA) a grant of R65,6 million to upgrade stadium infrastructure and purchase ground equipment in preparation for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027 which will be hosted in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The grant will be invested at nine venues across the Western Cape,...

The EY organization announces a strategic alliance between Strada, a leading people, payroll and technology provider, and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) designed to set a new standard in how multinational organizations manage global payroll and workforce solutions. Building on EY US’s established global payroll, tax, mobility and workforce advisory capabilities, the EY-Strada Alliance combines...

De Beers continues its participation in Homo Faber 2026 by supporting Botswana-based master basket weaver Shakunona Parata, who will demonstrate her weaving practice and present a new sculptural work created in collaboration with Beullah Serema and Peter Mabeo of Mabeo Studio. Based in Botswana, Mabeo Studio explores the intersection of craft, design and culture, collaborating...

It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood behemoth. The merger brings two of America’s oldest moviemaking studios together under a new name: Skydance. HBO Max, titles ranging from “Harry Potter” to “Sinners” and networks such as CNN now also find themselves under the same roof as Paramount+, CBS and...

ClearScore has joined CSA as the official credit product marketplace partner to CSA and the Proteas in a multi-year agreement covering both the Proteas Men and Proteas Women. The partnership will see ClearScore branding feature on the sleeve of the Proteas Test shirts, while the company will also invest in CSA’s Black Batters Programme as...

Autodesk, Inc. announced that Diana Colella has been named executive vice president of its architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) business. Colella succeeds Amy Bunszel, who previously announced her retirement and will remain with Autodesk through November 2, 2026, to support the transition. Colella will lead Autodesk’s largest industry business as the company enters its next...

Clinch, the agentic operating system for omnichannel advertising, has been named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing 2026 list, produced by Great Place To Work. Clinch ranks No 15. on this year’s list. The recognition is based on confidential employee feedback collected through the Great Place To Work Trust Index survey, which...

Whop, the company building the first end-to-end API for running a business, introduced Economic Intelligence, an intelligence layer that uses context from millions of transactions on the platform to recommend and drive the next action an individual operator can take to grow. By answering ‘what’s next’ for each individual business, the path to the next...

In response to rising demand for AI and high-performance computing, Castrol launched Castrol CORE, a new end-to-end offer for its data centre thermal management business. The offer is designed to help customers manage increasingly complex cooling requirements from early-stage design through to daily operations. Castrol CORE marks a shift from Castrol’s existing product-led cooling business towards an integrated, service-led approach that brings...

Wibmo, a PayU company and full-stack PayTech provider, has won the Chartis RiskTech100 Disruptor Award for Workflow, Agentic AI and Low-Code/No-Code innovation, recognizing its work in agentic fraud and risk intelligence through Wibmo Agentic Risk Intelligence Assistant (ARIA) and its broader fraud and risk management ecosystem. The award is part of the new Disruptor categories...