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China’s zero-tariff offer to Africa: windfall—or Trojan horse?

Today at 12:19 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Africa can use this window to upgrade standards, build processing capacity, and diversify into higher-value exports. Or it can sprint toward short-term volumes and lock itself more tightly into low-value trade with a single external market

South Africa

Monte Sereno Health Builds AI-Powered Healthcare Operating System Born From Founder’s Misdiagnosis

Today at 12:29 PM, via iAfrica

A Nigerian startup is building what its founder describes as a healthcare operating system — an AI-powered platform designed to address fragmentation, diagnostic errors and access gaps across Africa’s healthcare systems — born out of his own near-fatal misdiagnosis. Monte Sereno Health was founded in 2021 by Clement Okoh, who walked into a Lagos hospital […]

South Africa

Four Nigerian Graduates Build Reedapt, an AI Dubbing Platform for African Filmmakers and Creators

Today at 12:26 PM, via iAfrica

A team of four Nigerian graduates under 25 is building Reedapt, an AI-powered dubbing and real-time multilingual streaming platform aimed at Nollywood filmmakers, churches and African content creators whose work struggles to travel beyond English-speaking audiences. The startup is the brainchild of Apotierioluwa Owoade, who saw the cost and quality limitations of traditional dubbing firsthand […]

Business

Good news for Standard Bank customers in South Africa

Today at 10:28 AM, via BusinessTech

Standard Bank’s Smart ID rollout has reached a milestone of 50 branches, making it the second-most prolific bank in the partnership with Home Affairs, after Capitec.

Sport

Mamelodi Sundowns vs Kaizer Chiefs SOLD OUT

Today at 11:47 AM, via The South African

Tickets for the blockbuster Betway Premiership showdown between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs have officially sold out.