Municipalities spend 22% of budget in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year

The National Treasury, on December 20, published the local government revenue and expenditure report for the first quarter period from July 1 to September 30, which showed that aggregate spending... 

SME business-building MoMo chatbot reaches 1m entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda

About one-million small businesses in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda have digitised their operations, increased the use of digital financial services and accessed digital marketplaces through the MoMo... 

Prosus chair’s trust sells €156m of shares for hotel growth

A family trust linked to Koos Bekker — one of South Africa’s richest people — sold about €156-million of shares in Internet investing giant Prosus to fund building operations at hotels in South...