Business policy news from Africa: regulation, tax, trade rules and government decisions that affect companies and investors.
South Africa will phase out policy support for semi knocked-down vehicle assembly as it pushes carmakers to raise local content from 38% to 60%.
Lagos State’s gaming regulator has given telecom operators and VAS platforms 30 days to confirm that betting firms on their networks hold valid state licences.
The NLC has rejected the federal government’s plan to delay minimum wage talks until June 2027, keeping its 14-day strike ultimatum alive.
A THISDAY investigation has found that a Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) installed in 2019 at Lagos and Abuja airports, at a cost of N7.58 billion, has never worked …
Nedbank is expanding access to finance for South African small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a new pre-approved funding facility of up to R20m aimed at helping businesses scale faster. …
MTN recorded a 20% increase in service revenue across all its markets in the first quarter of 2026, but its performance in South Africa remained flat. In a Q1 2026 …
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping global energy demand, with implications that extend well beyond traditional power planning. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the growing …
The bulls returned to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Wednesday, helping the platform to close in green territory by 0.41 per cent. Bargain-hunting activity by investors lifted the stock …
According to the 2025 Spam and Fraud Report from Truecaller, a global caller identification platform with over 500 million monthly active users, 51% of unknown calls in Nigeria were flagged …
Concerns over Africa’s global representation took centre stage on Thursday as scholars and communication experts argued that the continent continues to be defined largely through external narratives that distort its …
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