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Breaking News Today – Thursday 23 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today South African Data Shows Slowing Economy Data for retail sales in South Africa, released yesterday, rose by a mere 1.6% year-on-year in February 2026 indicating limited consumer spend liquidity. This followed an upwardly revised 4.4% jump in spending in the prior month and missing analysts' forecasts of a
The New BMW 7 Series: A Bold New Chapter for the Luxury Flagship
World Premiere: 22 April 2026 | Production Start: July 2026 | South Africa Market Launch: Q4 2026 The BMW 7 Series has been many things across its 49-year history, a statement of engineering ambition, a rolling laboratory for future technology, and the undisputed flagship of one of the world's most iconic automotive brands. With the
Why Unit Economics Matter More Than Ever for African Founders
What Are Unit Economics? Unit economics refers to the direct revenues and costs associated with a single unit of your business, and the profitability of that one unit at its most granular level. The "unit" depends on the product and the business model. For a subscription SaaS company, it is one customer. While for a
France's Microsoft Exit – Loss of Trust and Digital Border Redraw
France's Microsoft Exit — What Happened and Why The Announcement France's Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) announced on 8 April 2026 that it is migrating its own workstations from Windows to Linux and has ordered every government ministry to formalise a plan to eliminate extra-European digital dependencies by autumn 2026. The directive covers operating systems, collaborative
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 22 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Naspers/Prosus Sells R5.2bn Delivery Hero Stake to Uber South African tech giant Prosus has sold off a 4.5% stake in German food delivery company, Delivery Hero, to Uber for approximately €270 million (R5.2 billion), at €20 per share, equalling a 22% premium to Delivery Hero's one-month volume-weighted average
Business School – New Strategies For Startups in 2026
What Successful African Startups Are Doing Differently in 2026 In the first quarter of 2026, African startups raised between $705 million and $711 million across 59–80+ deals. This equalled a 26%+ year-on-year jump despite global headwinds. Egypt led with around $190 million in funding, followed by South Africa with$157 million, while debt financing overtook equity
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 21 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today First International Day of Women in Industry Observed Today Today marks the first International Day of Women in Industry, with African Business highlighting women-led startups driving industrial change across the continent. Proclaimed by a landmark resolution at the UNIDO General Conference during the 2025 Global Industry Summit in
Zero-Interest Funding Hacks: Government Grants, Competitions & Crowdfunding for Budget Startups
Why Interest-Free Funding Rocks Zero-interest funding is a proper game-changer for budget constrained or bootstrapped African startups. Preserving 100% ownership can translate into millions or even billions at later stages of company scaling when the real return on time sweat and effort get translated into either an initial public offering (IPO) or equity buyout. Beyond
Breaking News Today – Monday 20 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Your Economic Week Ahead The potential for an agreement between Iran and the US to end their war is likely to continue to dominate market movements and the outlook of the global economy, with promising signals from both sides recently hinting at a resolution. South Africa's 182-Day Treasury
THE AI RECKONING: Profit, Promise and the Cost of Capital
AI Business Briefing | April 2026 The global AI investment narrative is approaching a critical inflection point. After a decade of exponential capital deployment, with the four largest AI hyper-scalers alone projected to have spent over $325 billion in 2025, rising toward a potential $1 trillion annually by 2027, the question that boards, CFOs, and
Breaking News Today – Friday 17 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Ghanaian cedi and Zambian kwacha Face Fresh Currency Pressure Forex analysts have forecast further depreciation for the Ghanaian cedi and Zambian kwacha over the next week, while Kenya’s and Uganda’s shillings are expected to hold steady. Ghana’s cedi slipped to 11.03/$ due to a tight dollar supply environment,
Isuzu Motors South Africa Hits Record Annual Production Number
Excitement in the Eastern Cape in the last few weeks, was not restricted to politicians appearing in court. Rather it was a moment of celebration for the Auto-manufacturing industry demonstrating its resilience despite severe headwinds. In GQEBERHA (formerly Port Elizabeth), as the production shift ended on 31 March 2026 at the Isuzu Motors South Africa
AfCFTA Accelerator From The African Development Fund
An announcement for funding yesterday, while modest in tone, carried with it a significant ambition. The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) approved a grant of 1.7 billion CFA francs or roughly $2.8 million USD. The goal of this fund is to finance a project that will Strengthen Competitiveness of the Private
Breaking News Today – Thursday 16 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today South Africa Does About-Turn Over Starlink Service On Wednesday, 15 April 2026, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly stated that Elon Musk could use equity-equivalence programmes to comply with South Africa’s racial-equity (B-BBEE) rules and potentially roll out Starlink in the country. Ramaphosa made the comments while responding
IMF World Economic Outlook 2026: Global Slowdown in the Shadow of War – What It Means for Africa
The International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released on 14 April 2026 paints a cautious picture of the global economy, titled “Global Economy in the Shadow of War”. Under the assumption of a limited and short-lived Middle East conflict, global growth is now projected to slow to 3.1% in 2026 and edge up
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 15 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Oil Prices Decline but Remain Volatile Brent crude futures are trading around the $95 per barrel mark this morning, retaining the drop seen in the previous session as investors anticipate a second round of peace negotiations between the US and Iran before the two-week ceasefire lapses. Brent oil
Business School- How to Access African Markets Successfully
Accessing Export Markets for African Small Businesses: A Practical Guide For many African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their local or domestic market can often simply be too small, or possibly too competitive to sustain meaningful growth. Exporting offers a proven path to scale revenue, diversify risk (multiple markets keep you safe from single market
VAT Threshold Increase – A Practical Win for South African SMEs
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced a long-overdue adjustment to South Africa’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) registration thresholds In his 2026 National Budget Speech. Effective from1 April 2026, the compulsory VAT registration threshold has risen from R1 million to R2.3 million in annual taxable turnover. The voluntary registration threshold has also increased from R50,000 to R120,000. For
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 14 April 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Africa’s Share of Global FDI Remains Stuck at 4–6% The Pan-African Manufacturers Association (PANA) March 2026 Manufacturing Review, released this month indicates that Africa’s share of global FDI has remained stuck between 4% and 6% for the past decade, with no meaningful improvement. In 2025, FDI inflows to
Ecosystem Builders The Unsung Heroes in the African Startup Landscape
Ecosystem Builders are organisations, individuals, or initiatives that actively create, strengthen, and scale the environment in which startups can thrive. They do not just invest or advise, these are the true heroes of the business growth world where they build the “plumbing” and provide the scaffolding of the ecosystem. They provide talent pipelines, capital access,