While Nigeria’s call is bold, the continent’s readiness is uneven. As of mid-2025, only 16 African countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, and Algeria, have launched national AI ...

Two years is how long it could take to help an entrepreneur get finance-ready before they can unlock government funding, seeking to reindustrialise South Africa in the face of US President Donald ...

Agriculture, gross domestic product’s (GDP’s) saviour in the first quarter, substantially grew overall income in 2023, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest data print. The sector, dominated ...

Speaking at the 2024/2025 annual sector conference held at the Quality Village under the theme: “Toward a National Hope Realized through Streamlined Business”, Trade and Regional Integration Minister ...

An Executive Order issued by US President Donald Trump on 31 July brought a measure of certainty to the fast-paced and ...

The recently announced US trade measures are the actions of a particular politician with a unique vision about the US’s global role. He is the duly elected President of the United States of America, ...

The Trump administration called these measures “reciprocal”, asserting they mirrored and counteracted trade barriers faced by US exports. On 31 July, President Trump signed another Executive Order ...

South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, is trying to protect its monopoly in the face of the envisaged transition to a liberalised energy market. The utility has gone to the Gauteng ...

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An extension of AGOA is primarily the prerogative of the United States Congress, which has notwithstanding the declared support by influential members of key law-making committees within Congress for ...