SA firms face rising cyber risks

We end the show by talking to forensic investigations specialist, RiXForensica who say that companies in South Africa are facing an increasingly complex risk environment as cyber threats, fraud, governance failures, business interruption and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI…

Absa, Home Affairs launch smart ID unit

South Africa's Absa bank and the Department of Home Affairs today officially launched the country's first bank-based mobile unit for Smart ID renewals. The development marks the next phase of their partnership to expand access to essential identity services. The mobile unit, is designed to take s…

SA companies exhibit at Angola's FILDA

South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), is supporting a group of South African companies to showcase their products and services at Angola's largest international multi-sector trade exhibition, the Feira Internacional de Angola, or FILDA, taking place in Luanda from 21 t…

Malawi's Mutharika explains economic challenges

Reports from Malawi say that President Peter Mutharika when briefing Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, laid bare the crisis he inherited regarding the economy when he took over the presidency. He pointed to the food, forex, fertiliser and fuel which are described as being "on life support…

Market wrap with FNB

In the market slot, Thami Ngubeni speaks to Thabiso Tshabalala, Credit Card Product Head at FNB at how the rise in cost of living is impacting South African households in terms of budgeting and managing debt….

West African leaders sign agreement approving construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to Morocco

West African leaders yesterday signed an agreement that approved the construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to Morocco. This happened at a summit of regional bloc ECOWAS in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The establishing of the framework for the Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic gas pipeline is sa…

Business in Zambia during elections

Kelvin Chisanga is an economist who is no stranger to this show. This time he penned an article about how Zambia's economy reacts to an election. Next month in August, the country is going to the polls and the focus is always around the economy. Mr Chisanga is pointing out that Zambia's business en…

Namibia, SA launch a business council to reduce red tape around trade

The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry formerly launched the Namibia South Africa (SA) Business Council.  This they say is aimed at deepening bilateral trade and investment, between the two countries. This is a private sector platform they say is designed to translate the strong political re…

Weekly business roundup with Victor Kgomoeswana

The show kicks off with a weekly business round up, where it looks at the top stories across the continent, Victor Kgomoeswana, author of "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back".  Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo give…

Are SA licensing laws causing problem of illegal mining?

Fred Arendse is President of the Junior Mining Council in South Africa and he penned an opinion piece asking whether the country's licensing laws are causing the problem of illegal mining? He goes on to say that even when police are cracking hard on the criminals, this is not a solution. Why then d…