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Breaking News Today – Thursday 27 August 2026
African Business & African Startup Business News
No Free Lunch Podcast – Bringing Smart Phone Access to Africa
In this episode of No Free Lunch, Greg Stewart chats with Shaun Durandt, Head of Business Development at PayJoy, about how affordable smartphone access can help unlock earning potential, Learning access and business opportunity across African markets.
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 25 August 2026
Breaking News and African Startup News Today – Tuesday 25 August 2026
Breaking News Today – Monday 24 August 2026
Breaking News Today – Monday 24 August 2026
No Free Lunch Podcast – The SME Funding Challenge
This episode of No Free Lunch explores the rapid growth of South Africa’s ICT and small business sector, with a particular focus on the funding challenges faced by SMEs working on larger projects. Host Greg Stewart is joined by Andrew Keggie, Chief Information Officer at Lula, a Cape Town-based fintech that provides working capital and
Breaking News Today – Friday 21 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today ABSA Share Buyout in Kenya Disappoints The Absa Banking Group will spend around about $50.37 million to increase its stake in Absa Bank Kenya to 71.99%. This is however below the a fraction of the &283.4 million the major banking group had allocated for the share buy scheme
Business School – Overcoming Business Scaling Challenges in Africa
Scaling a business anywhere globally is often one of the biggest challenges for startup businesses. in Africa this is compounded further by environment challenges not common elsewhere. In Africa it is rarely a straight line of product excellence meeting growing demand. Here markets are fragmented across dozens of countries with different currencies, regulations, infrastructure realities
Breaking News Today – Thursday 20 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Ghana's Port Upgrades See Record Volumes in Units The Tema Port in Ghana has strengthened its position among West African competitors (notably Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and Lomé in Togo) through strong container growth at its modern Terminal 3, with gains spilling over into total cargo, transshipment, and
No Free Lunch – JEM – Automating Workforce Management via WhatsApp
Host of No Free Lunch – Greg Stewart interviews Simon Ellis, the co-founder and CEO of JEM, an innovative AI driven South African Startup, following the company’s announcement of an $8.4 million Series A raise. Our conversation traces Simon’s path from accounting and corporate work in London to entrepreneurship, while also exploring how JEM became
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 19 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Electricity Price Reforms Proposed By South Africa South Africa proposed sweeping changes to its electricity-tariff framework, that will be the biggest reform of its pricing policy in almost two decades. The plan is set to be published in the government gazette for public comment on Friday, 21 August.
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 18 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Airtel Africa Launches Africa’s First Commercial Starlink Mobile Service African Telecoms group Airtel Africa, has become the first operator on the continent to commercially launch Starlink’s satellite-to-mobile service, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Compatible smartphones can now connect directly to Starlink satellites for SMS and light
Why is South Africa’s Zero-Rating Mobile Data Obligation Still Stuck in Neutral?
Key Points Summary Deadlines Loom – Little Action Taken South Africa’s major mobile network operators have just over four months left to meet a binding legal obligation that could meaningfully expand access to education, health and social services for millions of people. Yet, with the 15 January 2027 deadline fast approaching, only a handful of
Breaking News Today – Monday 17 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Constitutional Court Finds Shuts-Down Wild Coast Oil Exploration South Africa’s Constitutional Court, on Friday, ruled in favour of South Africa's Wild Coast communities and environmental groups. It set aside the exploration right held by Shell Oil and Impact Africa (originally granted in 2014 and later renewed), and overturned
Startup Stack – Top 5 AI Tools for African Startups
Top 5 AI Tools for African Startups & SMEs (August 2026)Performance-weighted ranking Business Tech Africa's analysis of AI software has placed a heavier emphasis on current AI model quality, reliability, instruction-following, writing/coding strength, and recent user/benchmark feedback (mid-2026). The analysis takes into account: ecosystem fit, price, ease of use, and African practicality (mobile, affordability, WhatsApp-adjacent
Breaking News Today – Friday 14 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today South African Space Programme Announces Flight Dates The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI), which is is in the process of developing the liquid-fuelled Saffire engine and the two-stage commercial launch vehicle (CLV) has identified its time frame to launch and deploy a space rocket capable
Breaking News Today – Thursday 13 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today India Seeking a new SACU Trade Agreement for Automotive and Pharmaceuticals India and the five-member Southern African Customs Union (SACU — South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini) signed Terms of Reference to formally launch negotiations on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) yesterday. Further talks are expected to
No Free Lunch Podcast – The Future of Auto Financing
Vehicle Finance in a Rapidly Changing Market In This episode of No Free Lunch, Greg Stewart chats with Wesbank CEO, Robert Gwerengwe, about the major shifts in the Automotive industry today and what this means for vehicle financing and ownership costs. The vehicle and asset finance industry is undergoing a major transformation, and Robert Gwerengwe,
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 12 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Unemployment Crises in South Africa Deepens South Africa’s unemployment rate climbed to 33.6% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026. Indicating that just over one in every three people who want to work cannot find a job. This also aligns with the Manufacturing Production and sales data for
Business School – Messy Middle Market Opportunity in Africa
Build for the Messy Middle of African Markets African markets are often wrongly framed as a binary: a thin layer of premium consumers at the top and a vast base of survival mode spending at the bottom. However, the more durable opportunity sits squarely in-between. Call it the messy middle, this is a large, heterogeneous
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 11 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Forex Reserves in South Africa Hit 8-Month Low Gross foreign exchange reserves in South Africa reduced to USD 73.45 billion in July 2026 from USD 74.11 billion in June 2026, marking the lowest level of foreign reserve holdings since November 2025. The decline was mainly driven by lower