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motoringA customer sees a car online, likes the price and sends a WhatsApp message to the dealer. Nobody replies for three hours. By then, the customer has contacted another dealership and arranged a viewing.
start-upsUgandan technology company XenFi has built a profitable business helping internet providers and Wi-Fi hotspot operators manage their services, collect payments and control customer access.
investmentsShoprite Nigeria has reopened three stores after temporarily shutting its operations to negotiate with suppliers and address outstanding financial obligations. The retailer is also planning to expand through smaller neighbourhood supermarkets as it works to reduce operating costs.
Business SchoolYou have hired someone to take work off your hands. A few weeks later, you are still answering the same questions and correcting mistakes. Sometimes, the problem is not the person you hired. It is how they were introduced to the job.
energyAn oil project can spend millions of dollars on equipment and services without much of that money reaching small businesses in the country where the oil is produced.
Operations & EfficiencyKenya’s Registrar of Companies has dissolved 72 companies and issued notices proposing the removal of another 68 from the official register. The notices, published in the Kenya Gazette on 23 October 2026, cover businesses in technology, energy, healthcare, construction, property, transport, hospitality, agriculture, education and manufacturing.
agricultureA business that dries fruit, supplies potato seeds or tests maize for contamination does not operate on its own. It buys materials, hires workers, uses transport and depends on farmers and customers. When that business expands, other companies may get more work too.
investmentsPick n Pay has withdrawn a labour restructuring process that put changes to the working conditions of approximately 22,000 store employees at stake, following an agreement with the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU).
agricultureA new agricultural processing factory can mean business for more than the farmers supplying its crops. Transport companies need to move deliveries, packaging firms must supply materials, and technicians are needed to keep machinery running.
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