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Adebayo Ogunlesi Signals BlackRock Will Double Its R500 Billion South Africa Infrastructure Stake
May 16, 2026
HubSpot Deploys AEO Sensor as AI Search Strips 27% of Organic Traffic From Business Websites
May 16, 2026
Trump and Xi Close Beijing Summit With 200 Boeing Jets and a Fragile Truce, Forcing Africa to Choose Its Next Move
May 16, 2026
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs Opens 36-Month ICT Portfolio Management Tender, Briefing Held Today
May 15, 2026
The Fed Has a New Chair. For South Africa, the Consequences Begin Now.
May 15, 2026
Rand Slides 1% as Oil Tops $107 and Trump Confirms China Energy Deal at Beijing Summit
May 15, 2026
Barrick Confirms Lumwana Super Pit Stays on Time and Budget as $2 Billion Copper Expansion Hits Key Construction Milestones
May 14, 2026
Trump and Xi Open Beijing Summit with Strategic Stability Framework, Trade Commitments, and a Sharp Warning on Taiwan
May 14, 2026
Buhler and Andritz Anchor SADC Food Value Chain Drive as AFMASS Expo Opens in Lusaka
May 13, 2026
Prosus Raises $395 Million from Delivery Hero Stake Sale to Hong Kong’s Aspex in Forced EU Divestment
May 13, 2026
South Africa’s Parliament Activates Impeachment Committee Against President Ramaphosa as Constitutional Court Overturns 2022 Vote
May 12, 2026
Four Major Law Firms Force Gauteng High Court to Decide the Future of South Africa’s B-BBEE Legal Sector Code
May 11, 2026
Muhoho Kenyatta’s $154 Million NCBA Stake to Become JSE-Listed Wealth as Nedbank’s $855 Million Tender Offer Opens 28 May
May 10, 2026
Anthropic Secures 300MW and 220,000 Nvidia GPUs as Claude Capacity Scales Through SpaceX Colossus 1 Deal
May 10, 2026
No, Johann Rupert Did Not Offer 67 Units for R10: Here Is What He Actually Did
May 9, 2026
ShinyHunters Breaches Instructure, Exposing 275 Million Records Across 9,000 Schools Worldwide and Exposing the Fragility of Global EdTech Infrastructure
May 8, 2026
SARS Opens 2 Major Technology Tenders Worth Multimillion-Rand Contracts, Closing This Month
May 8, 2026
The Fed’s Impossible Mandate: Why America’s Labour Market Is No Longer a Policy Compass
May 8, 2026
AMD’s $10.3 Billion Quarter Sends Nasdaq to a Record 25,838 and Resets the AI Chip Investment Thesis
May 7, 2026
UK Court Locks BHP Into £36 Billion Brazil Dam Liability, Triggering a Damages Trial That Will Reshape Global Mining Risk
May 7, 2026
R6.19-Per-Litre Diesel Hike Places South Africa’s Entire Food Supply Chain Under Pressure
May 5, 2026
Tesla’s SEC Filing Confirms $573 Million in Fiscal 2025 Revenue From Musk’s Own Companies — And a $2 Billion Equity Stake That Changed Hands Without Shareholders Knowing
May 5, 2026
South Africa Tables Two Landmark Financial Laws as FATF Evaluation Window Opens
May 3, 2026
Koos Bekker’s $500 Million Wealth Erosion Exposes Naspers-Prosus Tencent Dependency
May 2, 2026
HMD Global Confirms Egypt as African Export Hub With 2 Million Device Target by 2026
May 2, 2026
SARS Opens Bid for Master Data Management and Data Governance Solution — Submissions Close 21 May 2026
April 30, 2026
South Africa’s R17.2 Billion Fuel Levy Extension Buys Time — But the July Reckoning Is Coming
April 29, 2026
India and New Zealand Sign $20 Billion FTA, Unlocking Duty-Free Access Across 8,284 Product Lines
April 28, 2026
Bank of Japan Holds at 0.75% but Raises Inflation Forecast to 2.8% as Iran War Reshapes Its Policy Calculus
April 28, 2026
Ivanhoe Mines Hits Three Construction Milestones at Limpopo’s Platreef, Targeting 460,000 Oz PGM Output by End of 2027
April 27, 2026
U.S. House Moves to Vote on Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 — The Biggest Rewrite of American Agricultural Policy in Eight Years
April 27, 2026
Capitec Bank Crosses $1 Billion Profit for the First Time, Cementing Its Dominance as South Africa’s Largest Retail Lender
April 27, 2026
SARS Activates Automatic Penalties for Every Non-Compliant Trust in South Africa From 4 May 2026
April 26, 2026
Nassef Sawiris Shuts $2.5 Billion London Family Office as UK’s Non-Dom Abolition Forces African Dynastic Capital East
April 26, 2026
NVIDIA Deploys GPT-5.5-Powered Codex Across 10,000+ Employees, Marking a New Benchmark for Enterprise AI Adoption
April 26, 2026
SANParks Re-Opens Five-Year Rangers Uniform Contract to New Bidders Across South Africa’s 21 National Parks
April 26, 2026
Africa’s Refining Moment: Why Dangote’s East Africa Pledge Is About More Than Oil
April 25, 2026
South Africa and Lesotho Inaugurate R2.4 Billion Senqu Bridge, Advancing 40-Year Water and Energy Treaty Into Its Next Phase
April 25, 2026
Rand Firms, Oil Retreats as U.S.-Iran Talks Move to Islamabad
April 24, 2026
Fortescue Commits US$680 Million to Build 200MW Off-Grid Green Energy System in Western Australia’s Pilbara
April 24, 2026
Africa Food Show 2026 Draws Platinum Commitment From Synercore as Cape Town Prepares to Host 8,000 Food Industry Leaders From 60 Countries
April 24, 2026
EU Finalises €90 Billion Loan to Ukraine as Hungary Drops Veto, First Disbursement Expected by June
April 23, 2026
South Africa’s Constitutional Court Rules SAHRC Directives Are Not Legally Binding — Businesses Must Now Weigh Enforcement Risk Differently
April 23, 2026
Strive Masiyiwa Retires $620M Bond Early and Raises $300M in Fresh Debt as Liquid Intelligent Technologies Resets Its Balance Sheet
April 22, 2026
Omnicom and Adobe Deploy AI Agentic Operating Model Across Retail, Financial Services, Pharma, and Automotive
April 22, 2026
ADNOC in Advanced Talks to Acquire Shell’s 600-Station South African Fuel Network in $1 Billion Deal
April 22, 2026
When Guns Come Before Rails: What America’s $4 Billion Infrastructure Retreat Signals for the World
April 22, 2026
India and Canada Target $50 Billion Trade Milestone as CEPA Negotiations Enter Active Phase
April 22, 2026
Brent Crude Surges 5.6% as U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian Ship and Ceasefire Collapses in the Strait of Hormuz
April 21, 2026
Aris Mining Hits Underground Breakthrough at Colombia’s Marmato Gold Mine, Clearing Path to 200,000-Ounce CIP Plant Start-Up
April 21, 2026
McCormick Activates $45 Billion Unilever Integration with Dedicated Leadership Appointment
April 20, 2026
Richemont Converts €100.6 Million Debt to Equity at Delvaux as Asian Luxury Slump Forces Balance-Sheet Intervention
April 20, 2026
Burkina Faso’s Junta Dissolves 118 NGOs in Five Days After Banning All Political Parties, Triggering International Legal Alarm
April 20, 2026
Ackman’s $64 Billion UMG Play Rests on One Man: How Bolloré’s Decision Will Define the Deal
April 18, 2026
Microsoft and Publicis Deploy Agentic AI Across 114,000 Employees in Full-Stack Marketing Platform Launch
April 18, 2026
SASSA Opens National Tender for SD-WAN Modernisation Across 461 Offices
April 17, 2026
Ramaphosa’s Madrid Offensive Signals South Africa’s Shift from Investment Pledges to European Capital Partnerships
April 17, 2026
EU and United States Near Critical Minerals Action Plan to Break China’s Supply Chain Grip
April 16, 2026
IMF Cuts South Africa’s 2026 Growth Forecast to 1.0% as Middle East War Reshapes Global Economic Outlook
April 16, 2026
Anthem Reaches Financial Close on 475 MW Notsi Solar Project as R10-Billion Energy Infrastructure Drive Reshapes South Africa’s Industrial Power Supply
April 16, 2026
AgDevCo Commits $15 Million to East Africa’s Victory Group to Scale Tilapia Production to 30,000 Tons
April 15, 2026
Nigeria Forfeits $3.4 Billion in Oil Revenue as $25 Billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Moves Toward Intergovernmental Sign-Off
April 14, 2026
South Africa’s FSCA Imposes R2.2 Million in Penalties and Multi-Year Debarments on Unlicensed Investment Operators
April 14, 2026
Van der Walt Brothers Move R654 Million Into South African Property, Taking RMH Holdings Private
April 14, 2026
Global AI Deploys Agentic Platform Inside Fortune Global 500 Pharmaceutical Company, Automating Regulatory and Payroll Operations at Scale
April 14, 2026
Ratlou Local Municipality Invites Bids for Financial Systems, Insurance, and Media Contracts Worth Up to 36 Months Each
April 13, 2026
Africa Walks Into Washington With a New Balance Sheet — and Must Leave With a New Strategy
April 13, 2026
SANSA’s Hartebeesthoek Ground Station Delivers Critical Tracking Support for NASA’s Historic Artemis II Lunar Mission
April 13, 2026
U.S. Inflation Hits 3.3% as Iran War Drives Energy Costs to a Four-Year High, Locking the Fed in Place
April 13, 2026
South Africa Controls 80% of the World’s Rhodium Supply — and the Market Is Tightening
April 12, 2026
PIC Moves to Offload Daybreak Foods After R1.7 Billion Poultry Investment Collapses Into Business Rescue
April 12, 2026
Endeavor South Africa Closes Harvest Fund III at R230 Million as Local Pension Funds Drive Tech Capital into Domestic Startups
April 12, 2026
FSCA Issues Back-to-Back Enforcement Actions Against Three Unlicensed Investment Operators, Imposing R2.4 Million in Penalties and Debarments of Up to 15 Years
April 12, 2026
Bill Ackman Tables $64 Billion Bid to Take Universal Music Group to New York
April 12, 2026
Pony.ai, Uber, and Verne Launch Europe’s First Commercial Robotaxi Service in Zagreb
April 11, 2026
SEDFA Opens Panel Tender for Digital Innovation Partners to Serve South Africa’s MSME Ecosystem
April 11, 2026
Trump and Israel Started This War. South Africa and Globe Are Paying for It at the Pump.
April 11, 2026
India and the U.S. Fast-Track Bilateral Trade Deal With $500 Billion Target as New Delegation Heads to Washington
April 10, 2026
Oil Plunges 16%, Dow Surges 1,325 Points as U.S. – Iran Ceasefire Reopens Strait of Hormuz
April 9, 2026
EDECS and MEDLOG Sign EPC Contract to Begin Construction of 189,000 sq m Dry Port in Egypt’s Industrial Heartland
April 9, 2026
Olam Group Deploys $1 Billion AI Transformation Across Its 60-Country Farm-to-Fork Supply Chain
April 9, 2026
South Africa Secures R889.8 Billion in Investment Pledges at Sixth SAIC — Sasol, Toyota, and Mulilo Lead a Record Capital Commitment Drive
April 8, 2026
UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.47 Million for Failing to Protect Children’s Data — and Every Digital Platform Should Take Note
April 8, 2026
Pershing Square Bids $64 Billion for Universal Music Group, Ackman Targets Control of the World’s Largest Music Label
April 8, 2026
IBM and Arm Partner to Build Dual-Architecture Hardware for Enterprise AI and Mission-Critical Workloads
April 7, 2026
UPL Commits $1 Billion to Build South Africa’s Largest Bioethanol Production Facility — Infrastructure South Africa Facilitates R17 Billion Deal
April 6, 2026
Africa Cannot Afford to Wait for Washington: The One-Year Tariff Reckoning Reveals a Structural Truth
April 6, 2026
Trump Signs 100% Tariff Proclamation on Patented Pharmaceuticals, Reshaping a $1.6 Trillion Global Drug Trade
April 6, 2026
U.S. Adds 178,000 Jobs in March, Crushing Forecasts — But Bond Markets Signal the Fed Won’t Move in 2026
April 6, 2026
BAE Systems, Leonardo, and JAIEC Land £686 Million GCAP Contract as Edgewing Takes Command of Sixth-Generation Fighter Development
April 6, 2026
McCormick and Unilever Combine Food Businesses in $44.8 Billion Deal to Build a $65 Billion Global Flavour Giant
April 5, 2026
Varun Beverages Closes R2.1 Billion Acquisition of South Africa’s Twizza, Integrating the Brand into PepsiCo’s Largest Global Bottling Network
April 5, 2026
FTC Settles with Match Group and OkCupid Over Secret Transfer of 3 Million User Photos to Facial Recognition Firm
April 5, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s PIF in Talks to Commit $5 Billion as Anchor Investor in SpaceX’s Record $75 Billion IPO
April 5, 2026
Microsoft Deploys Three Proprietary AI Models on Foundry, Targeting Speech, Voice, and Image Generation at Enterprise Scale
April 5, 2026
Eskom Opens Bidding for 2-Year Slurry Plant PLC and SCADA Upgrade at Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga
April 4, 2026
The Permanent Disruption: Why Liberation Day’s Real Legacy Is the End of Automatic American Capital Primacy
April 4, 2026
Trump and Xi Lock In Beijing Summit for May 14–15 as U.S.-China Trade Architecture Hangs in the Balance
April 1, 2026
Goldman Sachs Raises U.S. Recession Odds to 30% as Consumer Sentiment Hits Multi-Year Low
March 31, 2026
Quinbrook Clears Federal Environmental Approval for 780MW Supernode North Battery in Queensland
March 30, 2026
Posted inBillionaire Tracker

Adebayo Ogunlesi Signals BlackRock Will Double Its R500 Billion South Africa Infrastructure Stake

Adebayo Ogunlesi, the Nigerian-born billionaire who chairs Global Infrastructure Partners and sits on BlackRock's Global Executive Committee, used a high-level summit in Cape Town on 13 May 2026 to disclose…
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Posted by Alexander Voss Alexander Voss May 16, 2026
Posted inTech & Innovation

HubSpot Deploys AEO Sensor as AI Search Strips 27% of Organic Traffic From Business Websites

The rules governing how businesses get found online shifted again this week. On May 14, 2026, HubSpot launched AEO Sensor, a free, publicly accessible real-time dashboard that tracks how the…
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Posted by Ethan Park Ethan Park May 16, 2026
Posted inSpotlight

Trump and Xi Close Beijing Summit With 200 Boeing Jets and a Fragile Truce, Forcing Africa to Choose Its Next Move

The world's two largest economies left Beijing on Friday having done just enough to prevent a rupture, but not nearly enough to resolve the structural tensions pulling the global trade…
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Posted by Tebogo Magolego Magolego May 16, 2026
Posted inOpportunities

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs Opens 36-Month ICT Portfolio Management Tender, Briefing Held Today

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs (DHA) formally opened its briefing process today, 15 May 2026, for Tender DHA04-2026, inviting accredited service providers to establish a dedicated ICT Portfolio Management…
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Posted by Michael Adeyemi Michael Adeyemi May 15, 2026
Posted inOp-Ed & Analysis

The Fed Has a New Chair. For South Africa, the Consequences Begin Now.

On May 13, 2026, the United States Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve in a 54-45 vote, the most partisan confirmation of a Fed…
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Posted by Dr. Sofia Alvarez Dr. Sofia Alvarez May 15, 2026
Posted inMarkets & Economy

Rand Slides 1% as Oil Tops $107 and Trump Confirms China Energy Deal at Beijing Summit

The South African rand fell sharply in early trade on Friday, sliding approximately 1% against the dollar to R16.64, as a combination of surging oil prices, a strengthening greenback, and…
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Posted by Marcus Leighton Marcus Leighton May 15, 2026
The Great Deregistration of 2026: CIPC Issues “Final Warning” as February Deadline Looms
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The Great Deregistration of 2026: CIPC Issues “Final Warning” as February Deadline Looms

PRETORIA – As business owners prepare for the new year, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has issued a sobering notification: January 2026 is the final window for thousands of…
Posted by Naledi Mokoena Naledi Mokoena December 31, 2025
The R16 Billion Year: How Patrice Motsepe Conquered 2025 (And It Wasn’t Just Gold)
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The R16 Billion Year: How Patrice Motsepe Conquered 2025 (And It Wasn’t Just Gold)

JOHANNESBURG – If 2024 was the year of consolidation for South Africa’s elite, 2025 has been the year of the "Tech-Commodity Pivot." No one exemplifies this shift better than Patrice Motsepe. As…
Posted by Alexander Voss Alexander Voss December 31, 2025
The R350,000 Electric Car is Here: BYD Seagull Lands in SA for January 2026 Launch
Posted inTech & Innovation

The R350,000 Electric Car is Here: BYD Seagull Lands in SA for January 2026 Launch

DURBAN – The barrier to entry for electric vehicles (EVs) in South Africa has officially been smashed. The first shipment of BYD Seagull (known locally as the Dolphin Mini) units has docked at…
Posted by Ethan Park Ethan Park December 29, 2025
The 2026 “Gas Cliff”: Manufacturing Sector Braces for June Deadline as Sasol Supply Cuts Loom
Posted inIndustry Sectors

The 2026 “Gas Cliff”: Manufacturing Sector Braces for June Deadline as Sasol Supply Cuts Loom

JOHANNESBURG – While the consumer economy celebrates a retail boom, South Africa’s heavy industrial sector is entering 2026 facing an existential deadline. With just six months remaining until June 2026, the "Gas…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo December 29, 2025
The Rand’s R16 Rally: Markets End 2025 on a High as Inflation Hits New Lows
Posted inFinance

The Rand’s R16 Rally: Markets End 2025 on a High as Inflation Hits New Lows

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Rand (ZAR) is closing out 2025 as one of the world's top-performing emerging market currencies, heading toward the R16.00/$ mark as a late-December rally in precious metals and…
Posted by Daniel Rothman Daniel Rothman December 29, 2025
The Soweto Surge: How G20 Visibility and “Smart” Infrastructure are Rewriting the Township Economy
Posted inIndustry Sectors

The Soweto Surge: How G20 Visibility and “Smart” Infrastructure are Rewriting the Township Economy

JOHANNESBURG – As 2025 draws to a close, the focus of South Africa’s economic growth is shifting from traditional central business districts to the heart of its townships. Driven by a…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo December 28, 2025
Property Giant Dr. Mike Nkuna Expands Soweto Footprint with New Fleurhof Mall for 2026
Posted inIndustry Sectors

Property Giant Dr. Mike Nkuna Expands Soweto Footprint with New Fleurhof Mall for 2026

JOHANNESBURG – The Masingita Group of Companies, led by property mogul Dr. Mike Nkuna, has officially broken ground on its latest major retail development: the Fleurhof Mall. Situated on Fleurhof Drive, a…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo December 28, 2025
BREAKING: South Africa Gains New Dollar Billionaire as Le Creuset Owner Hits $1.7 Billion
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BREAKING: South Africa Gains New Dollar Billionaire as Le Creuset Owner Hits $1.7 Billion

CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s exclusive list of dollar billionaires has expanded again at the close of 2025. Paul van Zuydam, the chairman and owner of French cookware giant Le Creuset, has officially…
Posted by Alexander Voss Alexander Voss December 27, 2025
Public Works Alert: 40+ New Service Tenders Issued for January 2026 Start
Posted inOpportunities

Public Works Alert: 40+ New Service Tenders Issued for January 2026 Start

PRETORIA – The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and various provincial entities have issued over 40 new tender notices this week, with closing dates scheduled for the final week…
Posted by Michael Adeyemi Michael Adeyemi December 27, 2025
Weekend Alert: The Rise of “Ghost Tenders” Targeting Desperate SMEs This Festive Season
Posted inOp-Ed & Analysis

Weekend Alert: The Rise of “Ghost Tenders” Targeting Desperate SMEs This Festive Season

While many South African entrepreneurs are taking a well-deserved break this weekend, business fraudsters are working overtime. Historically, the period between Christmas and New Year sees a 40% spike in…
Posted by Dr. Sofia Alvarez Dr. Sofia Alvarez December 27, 2025

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Adebayo Ogunlesi Signals BlackRock Will Double Its R500 Billion South Africa Infrastructure Stake
Adebayo Ogunlesi reveals BlackRock manages R500 billion in South African assets and intends to double its exposure as global infrastructure capital begins pricing South Africa's reform trajectory at meaningful scale.
Adebayo Ogunlesi Signals BlackRock Will Double Its R500 Billion South…
May 16, 2026
HubSpot Deploys AEO Sensor as AI Search Strips 27% of Organic Traffic From Business Websites
HubSpot has deployed a free real-time AI visibility dashboard as data confirms answer engines are systematically reducing referral traffic to business websites. The enterprise response to AI search disruption is no longer optional.
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Trump and Xi Close Beijing Summit With 200 Boeing Jets and a Fragile Truce, Forcing Africa to Choose Its Next Move
Trump and Xi stabilised relations in Beijing, but delivered little resolution. For South Africa and Africa, the real story is the strategic architecture being built around the margin of superpower uncertainty.
Trump and Xi Close Beijing Summit With 200 Boeing Jets…
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South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs Opens 36-Month ICT Portfolio Management Tender, Briefing Held Today
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs opens a 36-month ICT PMO tender today, targeting firms accredited on SITA's RFB1183 framework, with submissions closing 29 May 2026.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs Opens 36-Month ICT Portfolio…
May 15, 2026
The Fed Has a New Chair. For South Africa, the Consequences Begin Now.
Kevin Warsh takes the Federal Reserve chair today as Jerome Powell's term expires, and for South Africa and emerging markets, the monetary consequences are immediate and real.
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