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Sumsub's Identity Fraud Report 2025-2026
Key Insights The newly released Sumsub Identity Fraud Report 2025-2026 delivers a data-driven analysis of evolving identity fraud trends, drawing from over 4 million fraud attempts processed on its platform in 2024-2025. This is paired alongside surveys of 300+ fraud professionals and 1,200+ end-users across global regions. The report shows a shift in focus from
South African Currency Improvement – An Analysis
Current Strength of the South African Rand (ZAR) As of December 2, 2025, the ZAR is exhibiting notable strength against the US dollar, trading at approximately 17.10 USD/ZAR, a slight 0.09% daily increase but reflecting broader monthly gains. Year-to-date, the ZAR has appreciated by over 8% against the USD, recovering from highs near 19.74 earlier
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 2 December 2025
Business News Today South African Currency Showing Resilience The South African rand traded around the 17.1 per USD mark, near its best level since mid-November. Year-to-date, the Rand (ZAR) has appreciated by over 8% against the USD, recovering from highs near 19.74 earlier in 2025. This was supported by a softer dollar as well as
No Free Lunch Podcast – AI Readiness And Right-Sizing your AI
In a topical discussion with Andrew Bourne on the "No Free Lunch" podcast, the focus was on AI readiness and data maturity. Greg Stewart, the host, introduced Andrew Bourne from Zoho, highlighting Zoho's unique approach to AI. Unlike many companies, Zoho is not primarily an AI company but a software development firm that has developed
Immobazyme Raises R50 Million to Scale Biologics Platform
Cape Town, South Africa — December 1st, 2025 — Immobazyme, the stand-out Bio-tech company in South Africa who have been building scalable, cost-effective biologics, has secured an additional R25 million in funding, bringing its total capital raised to R50 million. The round was led by the University Technology Fund (UTF II), with participation from Fireball Capital
Breaking News Today – Monday 1 December 2025
Business News Today Retail Sales Spike on Black Friday Deals in South Africa Black Friday 2025, marked a strong uptick in consumer spending across South Africa, with preliminary data indicating a clear increase from 2024, despite economic pressures like inflation and high living costs. ABSA bank forecasted and confirmed a 10% year-on-year growth in card
No Free Lunch – The Intra African Trade Dream
Interview with Adam Molai – Africa Trade Engine Founder In probably one of the most important discussions I have had on No Free Lunch, I spoke with The Adam Molai The Chairmen and co-founder of Africa Trade Engine about where the opportunities for growing intra-African trade and industrialisation opportunities lie. The interview delves into the
Africa's Commodity Crossroads: Boom, Barriers, and the Battle for Mining's Future
The 2025 Commodity Surge: Winners and Laggards 2025 has been a banner year for commodities, propelled by geopolitical tensions, central bank gold hoarding, and the unrelenting march of the green energy transition. Precious metals have dominated this growth trajectory in 2025, with platinum and silver posting explosive gains amid safe-haven demand and industrial rebounds. Critical
Breaking News Today – Friday 28 November 2025
Business News Today Exxaro Resources Expands its Energy Assets JSE listed mining group, Exxaro Resources, has entered into binding agreements with Acciona Energía to acquire majority interests in two fully operational renewable energy assets. The assets are the 138 MW Gouda Wind Farm in the Western Cape as well as the 75 MW Sishen Solar generation
Breaking News Today – Thursday 27 November 2025
Business News Today Vodacom -Massiv Deal Finalised Vodacom can finally move ahead with the acquisition of a 30% co-controlling stake in Maziv, the holding company that houses Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa. This after the transaction now has received approval from communications regulator ICASA. For Vodacom, the transaction marks a key strategic move with the
Africa Digital Assets Report 2025: Key Trends and Takeaways
The Africa Digital Assets Report 2025, published by Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, is a timely analysis aligning with Africa's current financial evolution. The benchmark study, the first of it's kind, dissects the maturation of digital assets from fringe speculation to institutional cornerstone, amid Africa's burgeoning tech ecosystem. The report underscores a central thesis: the
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 26 November 2025
Business News Today Space-Tech Boosting Mining Exploration Success Australian space Startup Fleet Space made a break-through announced yesterday with its satellite exploration technology proving it can deliver vastly reduced mining exploration time. The Space-tech group used its satellite AI tech to expand Quebec's Cisco lithium project beyond its current 329 million metric ton estimate. The startup's orbital
Is the "Coup Belt" a Workable Economic Structure in Africa?
The North African states of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso are all governed by military juntas following a series of coups d'état between 2020 and 2023. These Sahel nations, collectively known as the "coup belt," have suspended their countries constitutions, dissolved parliaments, and extended "transitional" periods indefinitely, citing security threats from jihadist insurgencies as justification.
No Free Lunch – Fixing SA's Transport Infrastructure
Tackling South Africa's Infrastructure Deficits with SAICE's Ceo – Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane In the latest episode of "No Free Lunch," host Greg Stewart engages with Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane, the pioneering CEO of the South African Institute of Engineers (SAICE), to discuss the pressing issues surrounding South Africa's infrastructure. The conversation delves into the deteriorating state of infrastructure,
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 25 November 2025
Business News Today Dangote Inks Deal with Honeywell Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery, has inked an agreement with Honeywell, the industrial automation and tech group, to provide services aimed at doubling its already impressive refining capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028. The move is the clearest indication yet that Aliko Dangote, Africa's top industrialist's
Ansarada 2026 Global M&A Predictions Report: High-Level Summary with African Focus
The Ansarada 2026 Global Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Predictions Report, authored by Managing Director Justin Smith, aggregates insights from 26 leading dealmakers across key markets to forecast mergers and acquisitions trends amid persistent geopolitical volatility, economic uncertainty, and technological disruption. Drawing from 2025's resilience, highlighted by mega-deals like Blackstone's AirTrunk acquisition and Lactalis's Fonterra stake,
Breaking News Today – Monday 24 November 2025
Business News Today Foxcon An OpenAI in Major Tech Partnership Deal Taiwan's electronics giant Foxconn and OpenAI have signed a partnership agreement to design and manufacture key equipment for artificial intelligence data centres in the U.S. as part of ambitious plans to grow American AI infrastructure. Foxconn, who manufactures AI servers for Nvidia and assembles
Business School – How African Small Businesses Can Pivot Around Infrastructure Shortfalls
Africa’s infrastructure gaps – unreliable electricity, poor roads, expensive and slow internet, port delays, and erratic water supply – remain the biggest daily headache for SMEs. Yet thousands of small businesses across the continent are not just surviving but growing profitably by treating these constraints as design parameters rather than excuses. Below are eight proven,
Breaking News Today – Friday 21 November 2025
Business News Today ChatGPT Launches its New Chat Feature Globally ChatGPT has announced that they are launching group chats globally to all users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, OpenAI announced the development yesterday. The move comes a week after the company began piloting the feature in select regions, including Japan and New Zealand. The feature allows users to
B20 – Africa is Open for Business
A clear call was made at the B20 business leaders summit today (20 November) with a panel discussion of senior African business leaders providing a welcome context to growing the African economic landscape while acknowledging the challenges and hurdles. Is Africa Really Open For Business? Ralph Mupita, CEO of MTN was asked “is Africa really