South African Billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s ARC To Raise $300 Million In...

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African Rainbow Capital (ARC), the South African financial services firm founded and controlled by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has announced plans to raise...

Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

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Amazon's paying $13.7 billion for the grocery chain, which now operates some 465 stores across the U.S.Starting out as a online book seller, Amazon...

Kenyan Restaurant Discovery Site EatOut Raises $500,000 From Craft Silicon

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Nairobi-based FinTech innovator, Craft Silicon, has invested $500,000 in EatOut, a Kenyan food tech & media company.EatOut is a Kenyan restaurant search and discovery...

Former Billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia Loses Lucrative Forex Bureaus In Uganda

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The Central Bank of Uganda has reportedly shut down four lucrative Bureaux de change owned by Ugandan businessman former billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia.Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia...

Meet Contec Global, A Family Business That Is Committed To Investing...

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Contec Global Group is a leading U.K-based security technology company that operates across several developing countries. Contec Global Group, which is a family business,...

Indian Firm Acquires Kenyan Cancer Care Center For Almost $1 million

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Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG), a chain of Indian cancer treatment hospitals, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in a Kenyan cancer care...

Nigerian Fintech Startup Paystack Raises $1.3 Million

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Paystack, one of Nigeria's most hotly anticipated tech start-ups, has just secured $1.3M Seed investment from both international and homegrown investors. The investors...

Aliko Dangote forced to shut down his cement business in Tanzania

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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has shut down his cement plant in Tanzania due to high energy costs and a technical glitch at the...

Dave Van Niekerk, The Man Championing FinTech In Africa

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South African-born Dave van Niekerk is the founder and CEO of MyBucks, a fast-growing African Fintech company that successfully delivers seamless financial services to...

Microsoft and Facebook team up to build underwater cable connecting U.S....

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Facebook and Microsoft on Thursday announced that they are teaming up to build a subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean.In a blog post, Microsoft...

South African Billionaire Patrice Motsepe Invests In Fibre Provider

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African Rainbow Capital (ARC), a private investment vehicle controlled by South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has reportedly acquired an 18.4% stake in Metro...

SA Confidence suffers as Barclays prepares to exit

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Barclays Plc’s possible withdrawal from South Africa may turn out to be the economy’s biggest no-confidence vote at a time of financial-market turmoil and...

Read Full SA 2016 Budget Here

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This is the full Budget for 2016 as delivered by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday, 24th February 2016.Honourable Speaker Mister PresidentMr Deputy PresidentCabinet...

MeQasa.com Of Ghana Raises $500,000 Investment To Become Zillow Of Africa

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MeQasa.com, one of Ghana’s leading online real estate classifieds businesses, has secured a $500,000 investment from Frontier Digital Ventures, a global VC firm headquartered...

The Future of SABMiller as Carlos Brito Prepares to Takeover

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In the future, staff at SABMiller are going to reflect on the pre-AB Inbev years as nice while they lasted. Hard core capitalism is...

New Confrontational Reality Show, Mama’s Boy, starting this Monday on Mzansi...

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Mzansi, love is about to get complicated on Mzansi Wethu’s new dramatic and confrontational reality show, Mama’s Boy, premiering on Monday 27 April at 19:00.Mama’s Boy features...