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Should Small Businesses Hire for Skills or Experience?
When a small business needs to hire someone, there is usually a simple problem behind it. The work needs to get done, but there is only so much money available to bring someone in. That is why experience can look like the obvious choice. If one candidate has eight years of experience and another has
MTN Adds AI-Powered Job Board to Skills Academy
MTN has added an AI-enabled Job Board to its Skills Academy, bringing job discovery, skills-gap analysis and application tracking into the same platform where users complete training. The Job Board is available across the 11 markets where the Skills Academy operates. It recommends vacancies based on a learner’s skills, location and career goals. Users can
Nigeria wants to put $1 billion into local sugar production
Nigeria wants to put about $1 billion into its sugar industry as it tries to produce more sugar locally and reduce what it spends on imports. The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) says the investment pipeline includes a $1 billion engineering, procurement and construction-plus finance agreement with China's SINOMACH. There is also a ₦10 billion
Airtel Africa Brings Starlink Satellite-to-Mobile Service to DRC
Airtel Africa has launched a commercial satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), allowing customers with compatible smartphones to stay connected in areas beyond terrestrial mobile network coverage. The service was launched on 14 August 2026 and is the first commercial deployment of Starlink’s direct-to-cell technology in Africa. The service follows a partnership
Research the Future of finance with a master’s or a doctoral degree from anywhere.
Dear Prospective Candidate, The Future of Accounting will be shaped by those who ask the right questionsYou have mastered the numbers. You have led through volatility, guided listed entities through regulatory change, and answered to boards, markets and shareholders. The question that now defines the next chapter of your career is different: what knowledge will
Ghana puts $10 billion behind agriculture and agro-processing
Ghana plans to spend $10 billion over the next four years across seven sectors, with agriculture and agro processing taking half of the money. The size of the programme makes it a major government investment story. But there is another part worth watching: what it could mean for Ghana's smaller businesses. President John Mahama announced
Niger Signs US$1.9 Billion Deal for New Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Complex
Niger has signed an agreement with Canadian group Zimar Inc. to build a 100,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Dosso. The project is estimated to require US$1.9 billion in investment and is intended to increase domestic fuel production and reduce the country’s reliance on imported refined products. The agreement was signed on 15 August
TVS Motor Enters Africa With iQube Electric Scooter in Kenya
TVS Motor Company has launched its iQube electric scooter in Kenya, marking the Indian manufacturer’s first entry into the African market. The scooter will be sold through Car & General, which has operated in Kenya for more than two decades and will handle local distribution and after-sales support. The iQube is available in two variants,
CBE Sets October Date for Third Cybersecurity Awareness Conference in Addis Ababa
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia will host its third Cybersecurity Awareness Month Conference on 29–30 October 2026. The event will bring together financial sector professionals, technology companies and other stakeholders to discuss cybersecurity and digital resilience. CBE will hold the conference at its Headquarters in Addis Ababa, with CIO Africa by dx5 serving as the
Breaking News Today – Monday 17 August 2026
African Start-up News Headlines: Business News Today Constitutional Court Finds Shuts-Down Wild Coast Oil Exploration South Africa’s Constitutional Court, on Friday, ruled in favour of South Africa's Wild Coast communities and environmental groups. It set aside the exploration right held by Shell Oil and Impact Africa (originally granted in 2014 and later renewed), and overturned
Condia brings Africa’s cross-border payment problems to Lagos
Cross border payments remain one of the less obvious problems for African businesses trying to expand. A company can have customers in Nigeria, suppliers in Kenya and a team in South Africa, but moving money between those markets is not always straightforward. There are different currencies, banking systems, foreign exchange costs and licensing rules to
Shatta Wale is betting on WAYA to break into Ghana’s messaging market
Shatta Wale is taking another step outside music, this time with a messaging app. The Ghanaian artist is behind WAYA, a platform that lets users chat, send voice notes and photos, create groups and make voice calls. WAYA is still being tested. Shatta Wale announced it in July and invited Android users to try the
Cascador and Nigeria’s youth ministry launch funding programme for young founders
Twenty Nigerian founders will get four weeks to work on their businesses, prepare for investors and compete for funding of up to ₦5 million under a new programme from Cascador and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development. The NiYA × Cascador Founders Program is being run through the Nigerian Youth Academy (NiYA), the government’s digital
Silver Lake weighs $50 billion-plus takeover of Workday
Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to buy Workday in a deal that could be worth more than $50 billion. Silver Lake is discussing a possible acquisition with Workday, according to people familiar with the matter. The talks have been taking place for several months. No agreement has been reached yet. The people said a
Three Moroccan Cleantech Startups Advance to ClimateLaunchpad Africa Final
Morocco’s cleantech startup ecosystem has produced three finalists for the 2026 ClimateLaunchpad Africa Regional Final, following the country’s national competition in Rabat. The 2026 ClimateLaunchpad Morocco National Final brought together 12 startups selected from more than 200 applicants. The finalists presented their climate-focused solutions to a jury at the Residence of the Dutch Ambassador to
World Bank puts $25 million into Jumia as Africa’s e-commerce market shifts
Jumia is getting $25 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as it puts more money into its online marketplace and logistics operations in Africa. The IFC investment is part of a $50 million equity raise, with other investors also putting money into the company. For Jumia, this is less about simply having more cash
Founder Fridays : Nyawo Group
Starting a business at 19 gave Thobile Nyawo an early introduction to entrepreneurship. After matric, a delayed bursary application meant she had to find work instead of immediately going to university. She took a temporary construction job as a safety representative, The experience gave her a different view of the construction industry and introduced her
Mozambique: Southern Africa's Emerging Industrial Platform
Contributing Authors: Yael Shafrir, Associate Director at Webber Wentzel, Pedro Couto, Chairman at CGA – Couto, Graça & Associates, Sabeeha Loonat, Associate at Webber Wentzel and Rhea Gill, Candidate Attorney at Webber Wentzel Mozambique has spent a decade being defined by one story. It may be time to pay attention to another. The first is
Zambia’s copper boom could give local SMEs a bigger role
When people talk about Zambia's copper industry, the conversation usually goes straight to the big mining companies and how much copper the country can produce. For small businesses, there is another side to it. If mining activity increases, somebody has to supply the mines. That could be a transport company in Copperbelt, a small engineering
Startup Stack – Top 5 AI Tools for African Startups
Top 5 AI Tools for African Startups & SMEs (August 2026)Performance-weighted ranking Business Tech Africa's analysis of AI software has placed a heavier emphasis on current AI model quality, reliability, instruction-following, writing/coding strength, and recent user/benchmark feedback (mid-2026). The analysis takes into account: ecosystem fit, price, ease of use, and African practicality (mobile, affordability, WhatsApp-adjacent