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Business School – How to Manage Operational Costs
Managing Rising Operational Costs: Tips to Maintain Profitability in 2025 Africa's business ecosystem for startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face mounting pressures from escalating operational costs. 2025, has brought with it economic volatility, inflationary trends, and infrastructural hurdles that continue to challenge profitability. According to recent insights, financial pressures like cash flow difficulties and
Breaking News Today- Monday 22 September 2025
Business News Today Oil and Gold Prices Lift on Geopolitical Tensions Brent crude oil futures rose to $67.1 per barrel on Monday after a three-day decline, while gold futures edged up to around $3,690 per ounce, close to record highs, amidst geopolitical tensions in Europe and the prospect of fresh EU sanctions against Russia. Reports
Navigating the 2025 Crypto Regulations in Africa
In the evolving landscape of Africa's digital economy, cryptocurrencies have emerged as a boost for financial transactions with major currency restrictions and often shortfalls hindering payments, crypto products are providing fast, secure and foreign currency free payments, particularly in regions plagued by high remittance costs and volatile currencies. As of September 2025, the continent's crypto
Breaking News Today – Friday 19 September 2025
Business News Today Surge in Africa's China Imports Fuels Trade Deficit Alarms Africa's imports from China jumped 25% in the first half of 2025, sparking urgent calls to address widening trade deficits that now exceed $100 billion annually. Key sectors like electronics and machinery dominate, outpacing exports of raw materials. Policymakers in Nigeria and South
Tech Talk – Biodegradable Plastic Development in Africa with Fortis X
In this episode of Tech Talk, I chatted to Nick De Beer, founder of Fortis X. We discussed his company's journey from producing containers and other plastic goods for the medical field to developing biodegradable plastic solutions. Initially involved in producing medical devices, De Beer noticed the significant plastic waste generated in the industry. This
Breaking News Today – Friday 12 September 2025
Business News Today Gmail To Provide Delivery Tracking Tab Gmail is rolling out a new “Purchases” tab that gives users a quick overview of their upcoming package deliveries, Google announced on Thursday. The tab will allow them to access all their purchase-related emails in one place, even from past orders and shipments. They indicate that Gmail
How to Build Strategic Partnerships: Collaborations that Drive Growth
In today's hyper-competitive business landscape, solo innovation and business scaling has a tendency of falling short. There is often greater strength in forming strategic partnerships; formal alliances between companies that pool resources, expertise, and markets. These have become more commonplace and if done well can become essential engines of growth. Such collaborations can unlock new
ZOHO Adds Zia AI to its Enterprise Software
Zoho, the enterprise software solution company provided a view of how Zoho is approaching AI adoption in enterprises from a complete customisation and fit-for purposes perspective, rather than a one size fits all approach. The presentation by Andrew Bourne, Head of Zoho EMEA, outlined the development and strategy behind Zoho's Large Language Model (LLM) AI,
Breaking News Today – Thursday 11 September 2025
Business News Today Perplexity Pushes its Position in AI Search with New Raise The AI Search company Perplexity, that is positioning itself aggressively in the AI search and browser space, notably making a $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google's Chrome browser to leverage its large user base for competitive advantage, has announced a new round
Business School – How to Approach Funding
Entrepreneurs globally at some stage of their business growth, all face the same challenge – how to effectively look for and get funding. It may be seed funding or funding for growth or even capital requirements to scale operations. But whatever the need, this should be approached smartly and with careful planning and even better
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 10 September 2025
Walmart Plans First African Stores by Year-End Amid Retail Expansion Walmart have announced plans to open its first stores in Africa by December 2025, targeting South Africa and Nigeria via its controlling stake in the Massmart retail group and local chains. The move comes at a time when local Retail major Pick n Pay has
Swift Exit Could Cripple South African Financial Infrastructure
The reports on the US potentially removing South Africa from the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system emerged prominently in late August 2025, amid escalating US-South Africa tensions over foreign policy. SWIFT is a Belgium-based messaging network facilitating secure cross-border payments, used by over 11,000 institutions for 95% of global high-value transactions. While
ODeX To Digitise Shipping in Mozambique
ODeX (Online Documents Exchange)and Pacific International Lines (PIL) went live with digital shipping solutions in Mozambique on as of today (9 September), introducing e-invoicing, e-payments, and electronic documents to streamline Southern African trade. The initiative promises faster customs and reduced costs, enhancing regional connectivity and efficiency for exporters. ODeX is a Mumbai-based digital platform founded
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 9 September 2025
Indices Surge Across the Globe The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high yesterday, surging 1.5% to above 20,000 points, driven by tech stocks like Broadcom amid higher certainty on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts at the September 17-18 FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 also rose 1.2%, while investors eye inflation data for clues on
Business Chat – Adding Glu to Financial Products
In this episode of Business Chat on BizTech Africa, host Greg Stewart chats with Michele Jennings, CE of Glu, a division of the Provident Society PPS. Our discussion covers the inception and innovation behind the creation of Glu, highlighting its mission to extend the benefits of mutuality to a broader South African audience without detracting
Top 10 Rising Cryptocurrencies in 2025: A Comprehensive Analysis
A little over 16 years ago the planet saw a financial disruptor called Bitcoin, launch with the possibility of turning the global financial establishment on its head. Along its roller-coaster journey, crypto-currency has been called a lot of things including a massive Ponzi scheme, with Warren Buffet, in 2022 famously saying: "If you told me
Breaking News Today – Monday 8 September 2025
Business & Tech News EU Fines Google for Anti-Competitive Actions The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry (‘adtech'). It did so by favouring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competing providers of advertising technology services, advertisers and online publishers. The
Surviving a Labor Shortage: Innovative Hiring and Retention Strategies
In Africa's dynamic business and startup ecosystem, skilled labor shortages can pose a formidable challenge. With a youthful population exceeding 1.4 billion, the continent paradoxically faces acute talent gaps in sectors like tech, engineering, and finance. Causes include inadequate education systems, rapid technological shifts, but by far the biggest cause is relentless brain drain—where professionals
Tokenised Real-World Assets (RWAs): A Comprehensive Breakdown
What Are Tokenised Real-World Assets (RWAs)? Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs) represent a transformative intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology. At their core, RWAs are physical or tangible assets from the real world—such as real estate, commodities, art, bonds, or even equities—that are converted into digital tokens on a blockchain. This process, known as tokenisation,
Breaking News Today – Friday 5 September 2025
Business & Tech News Diamond Price Slump Hits Lesotho Mine Lesotho’s largest producer of diamonds, the, Letseng mine, has reportedly laid off 240 workers, equalling a fifth of its workforce, as it deals with ongoing low gem prices due to weak demand and an uncertain global economic environment, parent company Gem Diamonds said on Thursday. Diamonds