Diaspora billions locked out
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S diaspora sends more than US$100 billion (about R1.8 trillion) home every year—yet many of those same citizens…
Startups
Boost for Africa’s startup landscape
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – EFFORTS to strengthen the continent’s startup landscape and support long-term value creation are intensifying, with the…
VAT threshold hike eases SME burden
from DION HENRICK in Cape TownWestern Cape BureauCAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s 2026 National Budget has delivered targeted relief for small and medium-sized…
AfCFTA: Africa’s path to unity and power
by SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is being hailed as the most ambitious economic project on the continent since…
Businessmen allege unpaid loans linked to Cynthia Moyo
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – WHEN Cynthia Moyo arrived in Johannesburg from Gwanda in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South province, she was known among acquaintances as a soft-spoken,…
Discover the founding argument for economic growth – Part 3
by LUKE ZUNGAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – IN this third and last article on struggling African and Global South economies, we show you a glimpse of a section of Freetown,…
Founding arguments for economic growth
by LUKE ZUNGAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE first article on struggling African and some Global South economies diagnosed that (1) the number of formal businesses must be 5%…
Africa’s business heroes returns to Kigali for 7th summit
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, RwandaRwanda BureauKIGALI, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy,…
AfDB funds $310m credit boost for FNB to expand MSME financing
from ALEXIS DOUMBIA in Abidjan, Ivory CoastIvory Coast BureauABIDJAN, (CAJ News) – THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $310 million…