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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
Breaking News Today – Friday 7 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Intra Africa Trade Gets System Boost The AfCFTA Secretariat has signed a 20-year, $3.1 billion concession agreement with Nigeria’s Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies Ltd (via its subsidiary AfriTrade CMP Ltd) for the AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project. Signed in Abuja, the private-sector-funded deal will deploy digital and physical
South Africa – Contraction of Growth As Capital Exits and Policy Constricts
The latest Stats SA monthly indicators paint a clear and uncomfortable picture. Core sectors of the South African economy are contracting or stagnating at a time when the country can least afford it. Mining production fell by -5.4% year-on-year in May 2026. Manufacturing output declined by – 4.3% while Electricity generation dropped -9.0 percent. The
Breaking News Today – Thursday 6 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Startup Acceleration in Tanzania Tanzanian startups raised $52 million in the first half (H1) of 2026, according to data from Africa: The Big Deal. This amount almost matches the country’s full-year total for 2024 ($53 million) and positions Tanzania as one of the stronger mid-tier African ecosystems, ranking
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 5 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Nigerian Cement Production Set to Double Dangote Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding worth more than $800 million with China’s Sinoma International Engineering to double the capacity of its Itori cement plant in Ogun State, Nigeria. Key details: This fits into Dangote Cement’s longer-term Vision 2030 target
Business School – AI Stack Navigation – Practical Framework for African Businesses
With many African businesses looking to improve competitiveness via the use of AI to improve operational efficiencies. Business Leaders should give focussed attention to the structure of their AI stack. While geopolitical differences are creating divides in AI development and approach between various major AI development regions (US and China), there are risks in getting
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 4 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today AfDB Finance Package to Assist Stabilising Senegal's Economy The African Development Bank (AfDB)has approved a $35.4 million financing package to help Senegal strengthen its public finance management as the West African country grapples with a debt crisis, the bank said in a statement released yesterday. The finance is
Breaking News Today – Monday 3 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Emirates NBD Egypt to Acquire HSBC Egypt's Retail Bank Emirates NBD announced yesterday, that its fully-owned subsidiary in Egypt had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the retail banking business of HSBC Egypt. Under the acquisition agreement , Emirates NBD Egypt will acquire HSBC Egypt's retail banking
The Great Divide: How the US and China Are Splitting the AI World
AI Now a Geopolitical Dominance tool – Advice for Navigating AI for African Businesses In it's latest BCG Report – “The Great Divide: How the US and China Are Splitting the AI World” (June 2026), Boston Consulting Group argues that the US and China remain the two dominant AI superpowers, but their strategies have diverged
Breaking News Today – Friday 31 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Rwanda Phasing out 2G and 3G mobile Technology The Government of Rwanda has approved a phased plan to retire the country’s 2G and 3G mobile networks and complete the transition to 4G and 5G.Under the plan, 3G services will be switched off nationwide on 30 June 2027. The
No Free Lunch Podcast – Building Supporting Ecosystems
Building Ecosystems to Empower Women in Advertising and Media As South Africa heads into Women's Month, a vital conversation emerges around strengthening industry ecosystems to support the development of women leaders. Why are ecosystems essential, and how can they be intentionally built to foster growth, collaboration, and opportunity? In this episode of No Free Lunch
Breaking News Today – Thursday 30 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Africa's Own Credit Rating Agency set for October 2026 Launch The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is to launch the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) on 6 October 2026 in Port Louis, Mauritius. The agency is designed as a private-sector-led but continentally anchored institution that will provide credit
Business School – How to Optimise Your Website
How to Optimise Your Website’s Visibility – A practical guide for African founders and startups Most African founders invest heavily in building a product or service with far less focus in making sure people can find it. A functional website that no one discovers is in essence nothing more than a quiet cost centre. Visibility
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 29 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Angolan Telecommunications Group Unitel Hit By Cyber Attack Before IPO The telecommunications major group in Angola, Unitel, suffered a major cyberattack that disrupted its mobile, internet and voice services across the country, only hours before its shares were due to be listed on the Angolan stock exchange, in
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 28 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Angolan Kwanza Added to Cross-Border Settlement System On Monday, 27 July 2026, South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago and Banco Nacional de Angola Governor Manuel Tiago Dias formally announced that the Angolan kwanza has been added as a settlement currency on the SADC-RTGS system (the Southern African
Breaking News Today – Monday 27 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has opened nominations for a new community-led campaign to recognise and celebrate entrepreneurs, business leaders and change-makers whose ideas, leadership and actions are driving Africa's economic transformation. The campaign aims to recognise the business people whose work reflects the innovation, resilience and leadership driving Africa's
Breaking News Today – Friday 24 July 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Africa's Largest Private Equity Deal Closed For Dangote Expansion Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has completed a $2.5 billion private equity placement, described as Africa’s largest publicly disclosed primary equity raise of its kind. The offer was 3.7 times oversubscribed and closed on 23 July 2026, according to