Author: Pumza Fihlani - Southern Africa correspondent

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa’s nine provinces for a year-long operation.Read More

For more than a decade, South Africa’s economy has barely grown, leaving it with crumbling infrastructure and the need to create jobs.Read More

From a small kitchen workshop in 1876 to a global telecoms leader in 2026, Ericsson’s 150-year journey highlights a continuous evolution driven by communication innovation and industrial transformation.Read More

OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’s major news stories, so you don’t have to. On April 1, coverage includes: the surge in fuel prices across Africa as the Iran war drives global oil costs higher; Khaby Lame joining Dakar 2026 as ambassador to help bring the Youth Olympics to a new generation of African audiences; and more.Read More

Casablanca Finance City ranks 49th globally and remains Africa’s top financial hub in the 2026 Global Financial Centres Index, reinforcing its role as a gateway for investment.”Read More

C-Hawk expands Asia manufacturing with new Malaysia & Vietnam facilities, boosting capacity, advanced welding, PFA tube bending & supply chain resilience….Read More

The largest US-listed exchange-traded funds tracking single Asian countries from India to Taiwan suffered record outflows in March, just ahead of a massive rebound in the region’s equities on the first day of April.Read More

Charter firm Chapman Freeborn has appointed Latha Narayan as president for the Asia Pacific as the company looks to expand in the region. In her new role, Narayan will lead the company’s strategic and commercial development across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on scaling operations, enhancing performance, and strengthening alignment across cargo, passenger and businessRead More

Daniel Caesar announced his first headline arena tour in support of his album Son Of Spergy. Launching May 16 in Singapore, the Live Nation-promoted tour willRead More

By Dashveenjit Kaur There is no shortage of intent. Across the Asia Pacific, the boardroom consensus on AI has shifted from whether to invest to how much. But somewhere between the whiteboard and the workload, something keeps going wrong.Read More