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Apple Pay Expands to 300,000 Merchant Locations in Nigeria Through Nomba Payment
Apple Pay has returned to Nigeria with a renewed focus on in-person payments, four years after its initial entry through Paystack’s online checkout. Nomba, the Nigerian fintech formerly known as Kudi, announced on December 23, 2025, that it has enabled Apple Pay across its platform, extending tap-to-pay functionality to over 300,000 physical merchant locations. Unlike
CMA Licences Safaricom, Airtel Money as Market Intermediaries
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority has approved Safaricom Plc and Airtel Money Kenya Limited to operate as Intermediary Service Platform Providers, allowing telecom operators to link mobile money users directly to regulated capital markets. Rather than relying on standalone brokerage platforms, the new model integrates capital markets access into mobile money systems already used for routine
Recharging for Resilience: How Business Leaders Can Embrace Real Downtime This Holiday Season
Today, stress has become a most unwelcome constant in the arena of business leadership. Recent studies paint a stark picture: according to DDI's Global Leadership Forecast 2025, 71% of business leaders worldwide report significantly higher stress levels since taking on their roles. Another report from Businessolver revealed that 55% of CEOs have experienced negative mental
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 23 December 2025
Business News Today Major Cyber Attack in France There has been a widely reported major cyber incident – a suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on France's national postal service, La Poste, and its banking subsidiary, La Banque Postale, which occurred on December 22, 2025. This has caused significant disruptions in France during the peak Christmas
Africa's Most Investable Countries: A 2025 Data-Driven Overview
Africa's investment landscape going into 2026 remains dynamic, blending stable, policy-friendly smaller economies with larger, growth-oriented markets. While Africa has seen a foreign direct investment (FDI) rebound in 2024–2025, driven mostly by reforms, resource diversification, and infrastructure pushes, attractiveness varies by sector and risk tolerance as well as policy alignment with their business focus. The
Breaking News Today – Monday 22 December 2025
Business News Today World's Biggest Nuclear Plant to be Re-started Japan has advanced the last protocol steps to begin bringing its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant back online this morning. The reactor, is the largest nuclear power plant globally, and is set to resume operations – a watershed moment in the country's return to nuclear energy almost
Opinion | Cry, My Beloved Zambia | A Kazungula Border Nightmare That Should Shame Us All
By Daisy Mulenga I write this as a Zambian daughter who simply wanted to go home for the holidays, see my children and parents in good time before the busy period on the road. Instead, I spent four painful days stranded at Kazungula, reduced to humiliation and confusion, unable to enter my own country with
Integrated use of AI in media: Is AI Use a Betrayal of Audiences?
By Oratile Modiragale We find ourselves in the midst of the rapid technological advancements of Fourth Industrial Revolution where the biological, digital and physical worlds have blended. With this, the use of AI becomes weaved into our daily lives in more ways than we had anticipated. Many individuals and businesses had come to a split
THE MINING WRAP
Barrick Mining has officially regained operational control of the Loulo Gounkoto gold complex in Mali following the resolution of a prolonged dispute with the government. The handover restores production oversight to the company and stabilises one of West Africa’s most important gold assets after nearly two years of operational uncertainty. Mali Returns Seized Gold to
Business School – Strategies for Managing Cash Flow
10 Sensible Ways to Manage Cash Flow for SMEs Without Compromising Stock Levels or Sales Effective cash flow management is the lifeblood of any small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). Positive cash flow ensures you can meet payroll, cover overheads, and invest in growth—all while maintaining healthy stock levels and driving sales. The good news is
Breaking News Today – Friday 19 December 2025
Business News Today West Africa Oil Producers hit by Oversupply of Cheap Oil West African crude producers, mainly Nigeria and Angola, are struggling to sell December and early January cargoes, with up to 26 shipments (including about 20 million barrels of Nigerian oil) remaining unsold as of mid-December 2025. The primary cause of which is
Marketer in Africa – Profile
Business Tech Africa brings a spotlight on Marketers in Africa doing interesting things with interesting marketing approaches. Our first Marketer profile is of a marketer with deep international experiences – Koji Sekiguchi – Head of Marketing: Sony Middle East and Africa Overview of Koji’s career journey with Sony – Where did it all begin? My
Critical Insights on AI Adoption for 2026
Article penned by Andrew Bourne, Regional Head at Zoho Southern Africa As 2025 draws to a close, African businesses can look back on one of the most pivotal years in AI adoption to date. Across South Africa, Lagos, and Nairobi, organisations tested, deployed, and learned from AI at pace. Some thrived. Others stumbled. But the
Breaking News Today – Thursday 18 December 2025
Business News Today Post Office Loses Its Small Parcel Monopoly South African Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has gazetted a directive ending the South African Post Office's (SAPO) long-standing monopoly on delivering small parcels (under 1kg), removing them from "reserved postal services." This opens up the market, allowing private couriers full legal access without prior threats
The Invisible Continent: Why do "Global" Consulting Reports Keep Erasing Africa?
As an African, I admit my frustration grew when I read Teneo's "Vision 2026: Where is the World Going in 2026 and Beyond?" report. Released in December 2025, this survey of over 350 global CEOs and 400 investors (representing $19 trillion in assets) paints a picture of cautious optimism: steady growth, AI-driven transformation, rising M&A,
E-Commerce Platform Review in South Africa's Retail Ecosystem
Value for SMEs and Opportunities for New Entrants like Fynd South Africa's e-commerce market has matured rapidly in 2025, with online retail sales exceeding R130 billion ($7.4 billion), representing nearly 10% of total retail and marking a 35% year-on-year growth (World Wide Worx Online Retail in South Africa 2025 report). This boom that has been
What’s Working Now for African Startups and SMEs
The African startup and SMEs story is usually told through its problems. Funding gaps. Power cuts. Policy swings. Currency pressure. None of that is exaggerated. But it is incomplete. Away from pitch decks and conference stages, a quieter, more useful story is becoming clearer. Many African startups and SMEs are not waiting for conditions to
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 17 December 2025
Business News Today Platinum Hits 18-Year High on Lower Output Concerns Platinum prices have surged over 3% today, to above $1,930 per ounce, reaching its highest levels since 2008 as rising economic and policy uncertainty in the US drove investors toward alternative assets offering higher returns and diversification. The delayed November US labor report showed
AI, Accuracy and Risk in African Mining Exploration
For decades, mineral exploration in Africa has leaned heavily on experience, intuition and incremental data interpretation. Geological judgement remains indispensable, but the growing scale and complexity of exploration datasets have stretched the limits of manual analysis. This gap between data availability and human processing capacity has created space for artificial intelligence, not as a novelty,
MTN Zambia, Huawei and Muen, launch new digital platform, Cloud Phone 2.0 to accelerate wider access
A partnership between MTN Zambia, Huawei, and Muen Network has introduced a new, low-cost digital service platform called 4G Cloud Smartphone solution, also known as Cloud Phone 2.0. The platform aims to support Zambia's digital inclusion goals by providing high-quality yet affordable mobile digital services to local users. It combines a special software platform with