Reuters South Africa’s Growthpoint Properties said on Wednesday its full-year distributable income rose by 1.3% as vacancies at home improved. Growthpoint said distributable income per share, the primary measure of underlying financial performance in the listed property sector, rose to 157.6 cents in the year to June 30 from 155.6 cents a year earlier.
Nigerian Tribune Telecommunications stakeholders have stressed the advantage of collaboration in limiting barriers to national broadband penetration and promoting digital economy. The telecommunications stakeholders spoke at the annual Telecoms Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF) 2023 organised by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) in Lagos, recently. The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission…
Reuters Living on the edge of wetlands on the Italian island of Sardinia, Anna Rita Cocco is mourning the loss of her elderly father who died in a coma within weeks of a fatal mosquito bite. “My father was full of life and used to walk for miles each day. I was expecting him to…
Bizcommunity.com The Innovator Trust has announced the eighth instalment of the Women in Tech (Wit) Appreciation Experience, a women in technology platform dedicated to celebrating and empowering women ICT small business entrepreneurs. Set to take place on Thursday, 16 November 2023 at the Vodacom World venue in Midrand. Wit 2023 will recognise and award the…
Bizcommunity.com African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November’s COP28 summit. African leaders are proposing new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change…
Bizcommunity.com If this year’s statistics are anything to go by, South Africa can look forward to a bumper tourism season by year-end.The figures coming out of the Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) show that South Africa continues to allure travellers, and has experienced a surge in international tourism from January to July 2023. A…
Bizcommunity.com The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Data and Digital Communication and the Artificial Institute of Intelligence, in collaboration with the UJ Business School (JBS) will host the fifth edition of Google Africa Internet Academy this year. Taking place next week from 11 to 12 September, this annual event on the continent is a…
Bizcommunity.com The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in August to a new two-year low, reversing a rebound seen the previous month, as a decline in most food commodities offset increases for rice and sugar.The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 121.4 points…
Reuters News CAPE TOWN – Ghana, Angola and Tanzania qualified for January’s African Cup of Nations finals when they finished in the top two of their respective groups on Thursday, leaving only six more places to be decided in the next days for the 24-team tournament in the Ivory Coast. Ghana and Angola finished one-two in…
Nigerian Tribune LATEST data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown that total banking industry assets grew year-on-year by N30.92 trillion or 47.21 percent to N96.4 trillion between end-June 2022 and end-June 2023. Details of the banking industry’s total assets and gross credit to the economy which have maintained their upward trends in…
