Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion of Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) Ms Loretta Lee concluded a successful mission to South Africa and Rwanda today (May 18), reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as the strategic launchpad for African and Global South enterprises seeking offshore business growth into the Chinese Mainland and the broader Asia-Pacific region. During her visit to Johannesburg (May 10 to13) (Johannesburg time), Ms Lee engaged with a diverse range of leading enterprises and industry bodies. Discussions focused on how Hong Kong’s robust business environment can empower African enterprises to effectively manage and scale their expanding Asian operations. Ms Lee also...
PGA Tour ‘loosen’ Social media Policy to help players build followings and attract new audiences
The PGA Tour will reportedly allow players to post more on and off-course content on their social media accounts in a bid to bring more people into the sport. Front Office Sports (FOS) says the revised policy will enable golfers to share up to three minutes of content created on-site during competition days, up from the previous limit of two minutes. Once a tournament round’s TV coverage window ends, players can also post broadcast footage of up to six shots per round. They will also be permitted to publish up to two hours of highlights on their personal YouTube channels three days after the...
Google Gemini becomes the Official Al Sponsor of Morocco’s National Football Team
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has officially announced Google Gemini as the Official Al Sponsor of Morocco’s National Football Team, in preparation for the upcoming football phase over the next three months (May, June, July). This partnership is fully aligned with the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, who has made sport, youth, innovation, and the international influence of the Kingdom major pillars of national development. By partnering with Google Gemini, Moroccan football is entering a new era. This partnership represents a major strategic milestone, placing artificial intelligence technology at the heart of the...
Alibaba Announces Comprehensive Full-Stack AI Upgrade for the Agentic Era
Alibaba today announced a comprehensive upgrade of its full AI stack—spanning cloud infrastructure and model services, AI chips and foundation models —to empower customers in building, deploying, and scaling AI agents with greater efficiency, reliability, and performance. Unveiled at the Alibaba Cloud Summit, Qwen3.7-Max is Alibaba’s latest large language model, engineered for advanced agentic coding, complex reasoning, and long-horizon task execution. Qwen3.7-Max will be available soon for developers and enterprises worldwide. To address surging compute and AI workload demands in the agentic era, Alibaba Cloud has also upgraded its infrastructure and model services. Key launches include the Panjiu AL128 Supernode Server, designed to...
War is the Number one Political violence Risk for more than 50% of Companies Globally says Allianz Commercial
Political risks and violence has climbed to #7 in the annual Allianz Risk Barometer 2026, its highest position ever, highlighting the fact that such perils have joined mainstream business risks in a world of tumult. According to the new Political violence and civil unrest trends 2026 report from Allianz Commercial, war has overtaken civil unrest as the political violence exposure companies fear most (53% of all respondents globally), as conflicts in Europe and the Middle East disrupt global trade flows, strain political alliances, embolden adversarial powers and heighten risks to business assets. Around 60% of respondents from Europe and Asia-Pacific see war as the top risk....
Africa Finance Corporation Approves US$100 Million Commitment to Africa-Focused Technology Fund Managers
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that its Board has approved a commitment of up to US$100 million to invest in Africa-focused technology fund managers. The launch comes at a pivotal moment for Africa. The continent’s digital economy is projected to contribute over US$700 billion to GDP by 2050, driven by a fast-growing, digitally connected population and accelerating enterprise adoption of technology. Yet despite this momentum, a persistent gap in long-term institutional capital continues to constrain the development and scaling of high-potential technology businesses across the continent. Through this commitment, AFC will deploy catalytic...
The Growing Role of Data and AI in Media Buying: Is your digital agency keeping pace?
Three years ago, media buying in South Africa looked markedly different to today, even at agencies that considered themselves performance driven. Attribution was messy, audience segments were broad, and the gap between what platforms promised and what was actually being delivered was significant. First-party data was something most brands talked about but hadn’t properly invested in. AI, in any practical media buying sense, meant little more than Smart Bidding. That picture has rapidly shifted. The convergence of deprecation of third-party cookies, privacy legislation, and the maturation of AI-native tools has fundamentally changed what is required of brands and their agency...
Samsung Electronics Introduces 2026 AI TVs, Redefining Home Entertainment with Smarter Experiences
Samsung Electronics Singapore today announced its 2026 TV line-up with expanded AI-powered features across more TV models. Designed to transform home entertainment experience, the 2026 Samsung TV line-up features smarter picture, sound and personalised experiences from its premium models – Micro RGB, OLED and Neo QLED – as well as Mini LED and Crystal UHD TVs and its Lifestyle TVs, The Frame. This year, Samsung is expanding Vision AI Companion features across its TV line up, bringing AI-powered viewing experience to more categories and screen sizes to fit any consumer needs. “As home entertainment evolves, consumers are looking beyond exceptional picture quality...
Avex Reports Record Full Year 2025 Results and Accelerates Global Music & Intellectual Property
Avex Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, highlighted by strong revenue growth, a return to profitability, continued expansion across its global music and anime businesses, and accelerated execution of its long-term intellectual property and music rights strategy. FY2025 net sales reached approximately USD 971 million (JPY 146.6 billion), increasing +11.3% year-over-year and representing the company’s highest revenue level since the COVID-19 pandemic. Operating profit improved to approximately USD 27 million from a loss of approximately USD (12) million in the prior fiscal year, representing a year-over-year improvement of approximately USD 39 million and a...
From Desktops to Smartphones: Southeast Asia’s Trading Transformation
The finance industry in Southeast Asia is changing very rapidly, Singapore’s long-standing dominance giving way to the emerging technology markets of Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Vietnam alone saw domestic securities trading accounts climb to 12.26 million by February 2026, according to VSDC. JustMarkets delivers the tools and support for traders at every level to trade on their own terms.Gone are the days when traders used their desktop terminals. Now, all of this can be done through a smartphone. The use of mobile internet increases day by day, owing to cheap smartphones and improved connections. While Singapore and Malaysia have...