Sasol, an international integrated chemicals and energy company announced that it is not divesting its downstream fuel retail business as part of its ongoing asset disposal process.

For the third time in a row, Dangote has emerged as the most admired African brand, of African continent origin, by consumers, paired with the telecommunication giant, MTN.

Western Union and South Africa's Mama Money have joined forces to enable Mama Money customers to send money to their loved ones around the world via Western Union’s Global Network.

InspiraFarms, an on- and off-grid cold storage solutions provider in East and Southern Africa, has closed a Series B to further expand its operations in the region.

Check Point Software Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, announced that its Check Point SecureAcademy education initiative has partnered with Strathmore University in Kenya.

Vodacom has become the first telco globally to zero-rate the lifesaving addressing technology, what3words, for its more than 43 million subscribers across South Africa.

The South African Department of Employment and Labour says the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has to date paid in excess of R15 billion to beneficiaries.

A Fugro vessel heading from the Netherlands to South Africa has made a 10-day detour to support Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, in monitoring a giant active underwater volcano off the east coast of Africa.

Nu Menu Solutions has introduced two products which will help in ensuring the safety and health of individuals in public.

South African Airways (SAA) is currently retaining its domestic schedule between Johannesburg and Cape Town, with effect from mid-June 2020.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) released the findings of a life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) of grocery carrier bags in South Africa.

Manufacturers and distributors are operating in intensely pressured times. Stats SA reported that manufacturing output contracted for the ninth consecutive month in February of 2020.

Driving Licensing Testing Centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools in South Africa will resume their services with effect from 1 June.

With a proliferation of data emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, data visualisation offers a fantastic opportunity to present all this information in an easy-to-digest format, and its applications are broad.

Vodacom Group has simplified its structure following the recent expansion of its African portfolio and accelerated growth ambitions on the continent, including financial and digital services.

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) has distributed R10 million in fodder support to 1727 farmers located in extreme or critically extreme drought areas in the Western Cape.

Standard Bank Insurance announced it will continue its 25% cashback relief on car insurance premiums for a second month to the end of May 2020, with clients so far having received cash back amounting to more than R15 million.

Swedish floating windfarm developer Hexicon AB announced it has agreed to join forces with the leading South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments in order to explore the development of offshore wind.

South African Basic Education Minister said schools will reopen on 1 June 2020 with Grade7, Grade 12 and small schools being the first learners to return to the classroom.

All the funds totalling R250 million assigned to Standard Bank by the South African Future Trust (SAFT) have been allocated to the employees of qualifying SMMEs, after six weeks of administering the fund.

As businesses across the country start returning to work, the safety of employees and customers is of paramount importance; Vodacom has created specific digital solutions to support businesses as they navigate their return to work.

Sasol is inviting bidders to participate in a Request for Information (RFI) process for the supply of renewable energy to its South African operations.

The Covid-19 crisis has, at least temporarily, brought thousands of people to the home office. The question is, what happens after the pandemic? Are companies returning to the old models with only physical presence?

More than 15 000 small-scale farmers from South Africa have been approved for R1.2 billion COVID-19 Agricultural Disaster Fund, according to Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister.

To further solidify its market-leading position, DHL Global Forwarding has made some key appointments to its leadership teams in Central and Southern Africa.

Zulzi, a South Africa based on-demand delivery platform has bagged R30 million ($1.6 million) funding from an unnamed JSE-listed company, aimed to expand its operations.

The South African Department of Health has announced the appointment of Dr Sandile Buthelezi as its Director-General.

The Department of Employment and Labour is making all efforts to reach domestic workers and farm labourers so that they can benefit from the COVID-19 relief scheme.

Standard Bank has launched a digitized Escrow solution, an online service that has been designed to protect individuals from risks associated with buying or selling goods or services from unknown individuals.

Swedish floating windfarm developer Hexicon AB announced it has agreed to join forces with the leading South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments in order to explore the development of offshore wind.

SentinelOne announced that the Automobile Association (AA) of South Africa (AASA) has rolled out its AI-powered technology to replace legacy endpoint antivirus and successfully identify and defeat cyber attacks with zero dwell time.

Alphabet’s Loon and Vodacom have signed a deal to use Loon’s balloon-powered internet solution to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced that it will provide relief measures to market participants to counter the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their businesses, to ensure business continuity.

In order to help alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown on indigent households, Eskom has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the longstanding Free Basic Electricity programme.

South African banks are now ready to accept loan applications from COVID-19 distressed businesses, as revealed by the National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank and the Banking Association of South Africa.

The South African Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development announced the outbreak of African Swine Fever at Amathole District Municipality in Eastern Cape.

In an effort to aid online learning, Standard Bank is now providing students with a Student Loan facility which allows access to funding for equipment such as laptops/tablets and software.

In recent years, working from home has been a perk for some. Suddenly it became an imperative for many, as demand for remote work soared globally in only a few weeks. This has been a profound shift for society at large.

As part of the company’s future-forward strategy and goal of reducing the barrier to entry for all its customers bidorbuy has partnered with Huawei to migrate the bidorbuy app to the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) platform.

MIGA has issued guarantees in support of the construction, ownership and operation of two solar photovoltaic power plants in South Africa’s Northern Cape, and two wind power plants in the Eastern and Western Capes.

South African Airways (SAA) has reassured its customers and stakeholders that it will continue to operate repatriation and cargo flights during the month of May and beyond.

Ericsson has appointed Todd Ashton as the Vice President and Head of Ericsson South & East Africa within Market Area Middle East and Africa.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has disbursed almost R9.5 billion through the COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).

Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, announced that it has fully exited its investment in Vumatel, the largest fibre-to-the-home network provider in South Africa.

Vodacom Business has partnered with Accenture to broaden its Digital Transformation Smart Service Offering through Cloud, Security and Analytics capabilities.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in partnership with Vodacom has launched its next wave of data centres in South Africa.

The South African Revenue Service says the country’s tax and revenue performance has taken a knock as a result of an ailing economy compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

DFA has become the first telecommunications provider in 10 years to be granted an operating licence by the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe.

The South African government National Transport Movement (NTM) has announced it is to shut down South African Airways and form a new airline.

Business disruptions are becoming more common phenomena and can impact businesses of all sizes, this in turn can impact productivity, customer satisfaction, brand reputation and cause revenue loss.

Businesses have evolved from using the internet economy (which was based on internet connectivity mainly to communicate with stakeholders) to the digital economy.

Retail and food service store, FreshStop at Caltex has partnered with food delivery app, Mr D Food to allow customers to order their food, snacks and drinks for delivery through the Mr D app.

LogicMonitor, the leading cloud-based IT infrastructure monitoring and intelligence platform for enterprise IT and Managed Service Providers announced the global expansion of its LogicMonitor Partner Network.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) have partnered and each donated R1 million towards social outreach hygiene hampers and food parcels to assist disadvantaged communities in Gauteng.

The South African Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thoko Didiza announced that South Africa will have sufficient staple grains supply in 2020/21 marketing year, which starts in May 2020 and ends in April 2021.

Acting Communications and Digital Technologies Minister has signed and gazetted directions allowing electronic communication services and network services, advertising agencies, film and television production companies to resume operations.

Vodacom has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, with further rollouts planned to other parts of the country.

Josephine Pretorius is the founder and CEO of Consolidated Marketing Services, CMS, a South African startup offering marketing and PR services to clients predominantly in the energy and power infrastructure sector.

EMG Agri Solutions, a South African startup offers business planning, management consulting, strategic management, and specialized project management for agri-businesses.

Sasol announced that it was implementing additional cash conservation measures to provide a further buffer against short term volatility due to the continued negative impact of COVID-19 on market demand.

Hudaco Industries has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X, effective 5 May 2020.

The Standard Bank has welcomed the R200bn Covid-19 Term Loan Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which brings much needed relief to businesses that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 in South Africa.

In a move to reach more businesses digitally, Vodacom has launched Fast Forward Series on Video Play, a Video streaming service available via the web browser or downloadable app.

South African startup ,aSurveyor, has launched Ukweli, a mobile app that helps agri-traders collect and analyze information about the quality and handling of their produce and share it with their customers.

About 1.5 million more South Africans will from 1 May return to work as government begins to lift a fraction of COVID-19 lockdown regulations.

ContinuitySA, Africa’s provider of business resilience services and a Veeam Platinum Partner, is launching Cloud Connect, a cloud-based backup and replication service for SMEs.

Emirates has announced plans to operate passenger services to limited destinations in Africa next week.

A hi-tech monitoring and evaluation process has been put in place to assess complaints and reports from the media, the public and other sectors of society, with the ability to take down fake news items on a range of platforms.

Naspers' first shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) has arrived in South Africa, following the company’s commitment of R 1,5 billion in emergency aid to the country.

Sasol, AngloGold Ashanti and Imperial have partnered to protect frontline medical staff and patients at four major Gauteng state hospitals by providing bulk supplies of hand sanitizers.

MultiChoice will be supporting three of South Africa’s community TV stations with a total investment of R4.5 million where each of the selected stations will use the R1.5 million funding for the creation of fresh, new content.

The African Development Bank and SA Taxi signed a $100 million loan agreement to support the firm’s growing strategy to empower taxi operators with limited access to finance from traditional financiers.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company has announced the opening of the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region.

The results of a rapid response survey conducted by Stats SA during the lockdown was has been released.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) announced the appointment of Mr. Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro as the new Head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), effective 01 May 2020.

In the midst of a major technology revolution, South Africa continues to face multiple challenges. Innovation – driven by digital disruption – is opening up new opportunities.

Khopoli Investments, a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power completed the sale of the Company’s entire stake in Cennergi, a South African joint venture to Exxaro Resources, for an amount of ZAR 1.550 million.

Absa has partnered with the South African Future Trust (SAFT) to administer the disbursement of funds to SMME employees whose income will be impacted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sanlam is donating US$2.3 million to support various initiatives to fight against the spread of the Coronavirus in all the markets that mirrors its business footprint both in Africa and other international markets where it operates.

Standard Bank has partnered with Pioneering Solutions Studio to offer free online Microsoft Digital Literacy Course to all South Africans.

South Africans have been generally more observant of lockdown rules than their peers in countries such as the US and UK, car-usage data from Standard Bank Insurance suggests.

Teraco, Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre provider, has announced a support grant valued at R7.5m to the South African Broadband Education Networks (SABEN) via the Teraco Connect Foundation.

The Standard Bank South Africa has launched a chatbot on WhatsApp to keep its customers up to date with its services, debt relief offerings and other important information relevant during this COVID-19 period.

Vodacom has partnered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to zero-rate its uFiling website.

Vodacom South Africa will spend over R500 million over a two-month period to add network capacity and increase network resilience during the lockdown period and to help cope with any possible load shedding.

Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association has launched a small, medium and micro enterprise support platform in collaboration with is membership network.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will donate fees derived across all asset classes traded on Wednesday 15 April and Thursday 16 April as part of a brand-new campaign #Trade4Solidarity to the Solidarity Fund.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange and FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange have combined forces to launch the FTSE/JSE Fixed Income Indices, which will offer investors enhanced exposure to South African listed debt.

South African small scale farmers with an annual turnover of between $1,000 and $54,500 are set to receive government grants.

The Cargo division of South African Airways, SAA Cargo, has for the first time in its history operated a passenger aircraft for a pure cargo uplift.

Weber Shandwick announced the appointment of Ipelegeng (Ipi) Thibedi as the new CEO of its African operations.

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and Grain South Africa are partnering on an innovative maize project, nixtamalization, to boost food security in rural communities.

The Standard Bank Insurance is implementing a 25% cash back relief on its car insurance premiums.

Standard Bank Group, the largest African bank by assets, has announced two new technology start-ups who have been selected and accepted into the Founders Factory Africa (FFA) Venture Scale programme.

Vodacom and Discovery have partnered to deliver a simple but powerful online healthcare platform for the benefit of all South Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the national lockdown in South Africa, representatives of several governments have engaged with the joint BRPs of SAA to consider having the national carrier provide safe passage of their citizens to their home countries.

Vodacom has cut data prices by up to 40% and will provide free data to access essential services through Vodacom’s zero-rated platform ConnectU with immediate effect.

The South African Department of Science and Innovation has successfully commissioned and finalised the physical establishment of a core situational awareness platform for COVID-19.

Standard Bank is an official partner of the South African Future Trust (SAFT) for SMMEs and has agreed to waive fees related to administering this fund during this period of national disaster, to maximise the funds available to recipients.

Capsule Technologies has announced the successful go-live of its medical device integration solution in South Africa.