The Commonwealth Games may have lost the luster of old, but two years out from the Olympic Games, they remain a yardstick for where many of the world’s top athletes are in their preparations for Los Angeles 2028.
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South Africa’s reputation abroad often centres on crime and chaos. Discover how that image compares with everyday life on the ground. Image: Unsplash
East Africa’s largest independent media company has resumed operations in Uganda after the country’s military chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son and widely seen as his political heir, lifted a weeks-long shutdown that had silenced some of the country’s biggest newspapers, television stations and radio outlets.
Egypt edged out the rest of the continent to become Africa’s top funding destination in the first half of 2026, pulling in $327 million — though nearly all of that came from a single mega-round: EV and battery-swapping company Spiro’s raise, which itself accounted for the bulk of Egypt’s total.
The Department of Home Affairs has published draft regulations proposing a R500 fee for South Africa’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), a digital authorisation that allows prospective travellers from eligible visa-required countries to travel to South Africa for tourism or visitor purposes, without the need for a traditional visitor’s visa.
Africa’s startups pulled in $1.36 billion in the first half of 2026, excluding exits, but the money was heavily clustered around a handful of sectors — a pattern that mirrors the geographic concentration already seen at the market level, according to new data from Africa: The Big Deal.
S&P Global has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Agusto & Co., one of Africa’s leading indigenous credit rating agencies, in a move that deepens the US financial information company’s presence in the continent’s domestic debt markets at a time when demand for local credit assessments is growing.
Obtaining a business loan has historically been a difficult task for many Nigerian women, but last year, Moniepoint made this problem a little less prevalent.
Africa’s young innovators earn global stage at China competition – World – Chinadaily.com.cn
The organisers of the Innovation and Scale Forum (ISF) are positioning this year’s edition as a reflection of a broader shift in Africa’s startup ecosystem, where founders are increasingly looking beyond domestic markets in search of regional growth, investment, and long-term sustainability.
