Africa's infrastructure has seen significant improvements, particularly in urban areas where modern shopping complexes and luxury malls are becoming more prevalent. It is a stark representation of how design plays a crucial role in attracting consumers to luxury beauty and wellness malls. Here, we explore seven of the most notable luxury beauty and wellness malls in Africa, each perfectly corroborating a unique blend of architectural brilliance and premium store curation. Mall of Africa, South AfricaMall of Africa, located in Midrand, Johannesburg, is a beacon of luxury retail in South Africa. As Africa continues to develop, these luxury malls will undoubtedly remain at the forefront of the continent’s beauty and wellness landscape.

TelCables South Africa, which offers a range of secure connectivity solutions to the Southern African market, says it has upgraded its backbone network infrastructure to accommodate the rapidly growing data traffic across its network and to provide faster, more secure connectivity. This is on the back of the recently established Durban PoP, located at the Teraco Riverhorse DB1 data centre in Durban. Overall, says TelCables, the upgraded network will now give customers 100GE capabilities when routing via data centres Teraco JB1 in Johannesburg, Teraco CT1 in Cape Town and Teraco DB1. This means that network providers and other operators will be able to further expand their networks, increase their customer base and reconfigure traffic flows as and when required without disrupting network traffic or incurring multiple cross-connect fees. Naidu says: “The upgrades will ensure that we can accommodate more traffic from both existing and new cables and offer better, more flexible options for the transit of IP traffic across the continent and to other parts of the world.”

Agent confirms North Africa & Middle East interest in ex-Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena Premier Soccer LeagueMamelodi Sundowns FCRhulani MokwenaThe 37-year-old tactician is a wanted man and could find himself working outside South Africa after leaving the Brazilians.

SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN TOUR OF INDIA, 2024Unbeaten India seek sustained dominance over South Africaby Purnima Malhotra • Published onIndia enter the T20I series against South Africa with a lot of confidence, having beaten the Proteas 3-0 in the ODIs and winning the one-off Test © BCCIOn the eve of the three-match T20I series opener against South Africa in Chennai, India's finisher Richa Ghosh spent close to half an hour in centre wicket nets adjacent to the match pitch, tonking nearly every ball onto the make-shift sightscreen. Rodrigues's return from the back injury brings this Indian team nearly their first-choice, full-strength squad looking at their busy T20I calendar ahead. Head to Head:India 9-5 South Africa (and 2 no-results). India lost the last home series 1-2 against South Africa, in Lucknow. She's still working very hard to be back, but obviously the T20 World Cup is the main thing.

Telecom Egypt has embarked on a substantial $600 million venture with Hungary’s 4iG Group to improve North Africa’s digital landscape. In their memorandum of understanding, Egypt’s leading telecom operator and the Hungarian telecoms powerhouse have committed to a joint venture. Mohamed Nasr, CEO of Telecom Egypt, hailed the deal as a transformative step toward catapulting Egypt’s digital evolution, envisioning unparalleled connectivity and future-proof performance for generations. “Partnering with 4iG Group, we anticipate this initiative will reinforce our status as a premier ICT provider in Egypt,” Nasr remarked. Gellért, Chairman of 4iG Group, echoed Nasr’s enthusiasm, framing the collaboration as pivotal to showcasing Hungary’s telecom prowess on a global stage.

The appeals commercial court of Casablanca ordered Maroc Telecom to pay 6.3 billion dirhams to its competitor Inwi, which brought the case accusing Morocco’s largest telecom operator of anti-competitive practices. In 2020, Maroc Telecom was found guilty of practicing anti-competitive practices since 2013, the regulator ANRT said, imposing a fine of 3.3 billion dirhams on the operator. Maroc Telecom was fined for refusing to share unbundling on its network with other competitors in order to maintain monopoly of fixed broadband. Maroc telecom posted a profit of 6.19 billion dirhams in 2023, but the new case sent its shares to uncharted territory. Maroc telecom is listed both on Casablanca and Euronext and operates in Morocco, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo.

"Although [South Africa] fell short at the end, they made us immensely proud," Rihan Richards, CSA's president, told a press conference. "I do believe South Africa will have to win a World Cup for everyone to stop talking about choking," Walter said. The 2027 ODI World Cup will be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. But South Africa can continue to count on Miller, who posted on social media after the final: "Contrary to reports I have not retired from T20 international cricket. He and eight of his South Africa squadmates - and two of the three travelling reserves - had remained in the northern hemisphere to play in the MLC.

Egyptian online educational platform El Kheta has raised US$400,000 in funding from EdVentures, the investment arm of Nahdet Misr Group and the first venture capital company specialising in the ed-tech sector in the Middle East. El Kheta is an innovative educational platform that offers reinforcement lessons to help school students in Egypt study, as well as providing them with exercises and exams from the new Egyptian curricula, helping students improve their academic performance and achieve success. The platform offers students a customised and flexible educational experience, where they can choose their preferred curricula and create a study plan that suits their needs. El Kheta has now raised a US$400,000 round of funding from EdVentures, Egypt’s first ed-tech-focused corporate VC fund, to help it scale. “We firmly believe in the potential of the El Kheta platform to revolutionise the online education sector in Egypt, especially with its educational services for school students.

Newsfrom JapanOsaka, July 4 (Jiji Press)--Osaka District Court on Thursday revoked a decision by immigration authorities not to grant a refugee status to a gay man from North Africa at risk of persecution in his home country. "If he returns home, he may be arrested or prosecuted," Presiding Judge Atsushi Tokuchi said, backing the plaintiff in his 30s living in the Kinki western Japan region. According to his lawyers, this is the second case in Japan in which a sexual minority has been recognized as a refugee in a lawsuit, due to the threat of persecution. The man came to Japan in December 2019 and applied for refugee status the following month. But the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau decided not to grant him the status in February 2021.

China confirmed Thursday that an armed attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) left several of its citizens dead or missing. Local sources told AFP on Wednesday that a militia attack on a mining site in gold-rich Ituri province killed at least four Chinese nationals. Beijing's foreign ministry said a private Chinese company in the DRC "was attacked by armed forces, resulting in the death and disappearance of several Chinese nationals", without specifying the number. "China expresses its strong condemnation of this attack," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference. Other local sources put the death toll at six Chinese nationals, along with their bodyguards, two Congolese soldiers and two civilians.

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The project under consideration is a 2,000 megawatt high-voltage electricity transmission line to take power produced by hydroelectric dams in the north of Angola to the DRC copper belt and Zambia, integrating with the Southern Africa Power Pool, Trafigura said. (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by David Goodman)

Four markets, four approaches – lessons on how to unlock opportunities in Africa, North Asia, ASEAN and Middle EastWiT Europe puts spotlight on four regions investing in travel and techFour markets with growth promise and opportunities – how do you choose between them? Well, during the WiT Europe track at Phocuswright, the audience was taken on a tour of Africa, North Asia, South-east Asia, Middle East and Africa by four specialists, who shared what they were each working on to unlock the potential as well as their dream scenarios for the future. Africa: A story of love and leapfrogging; Travelstart banks on subscriptions, loyalty and paymentsFirst, for Stephan Ekbergh, CEO of Travelstart, Africa is a love story. It’s started contracting hotels and wants to build the biggest bed bank in the Middle East with Wegobeds. It’s building out Wegopro as the next generation business travel and expense management system, focused on Middle East and APAC.

Nigeria’s Prembly Group and Peleza, a prominent East African background checks and KYB company, have announced a merger that makes the combined entity the most robust data infrastructure and compliance solutions company serving emerging markets. Kenya’s Peleza, on the other hand, has developed AI-powered solutions that offer KYC, KYB, and background checks Solutions for Instant and seamless Identity verification, background checks, and business onboarding to the entire client lifecycle and user-based management. “The merger with Peleza deepens our industry knowledge and elevates our strengths and technologies, empowering us to exceed our clients’ expectations worldwide. Operating under a unified brand as Prembly Group, this strategic alliance will leverage synergies to enhance service delivery across multiple sectors, including finance, telecommunications, e-commerce, and more. Customers can expect enhanced capabilities in identity verification, background checks, risk management, and regulatory compliance solutions tailored to meet businesses’ evolving needs.

Algerian diplomacy’s inconsistency and blunders left the country in grey territory unable to win neither Russia’s trust, nor the West’s support. RussiaTebboune who braced for a second term with the benediction of the army, ended his five-year term with diplomatic setbacks. Despite Tebboune’s obsequiousness towards Moscow, Russia seemed to take the backseat dealing with Algeria as a customer rather than an ally. In Mali, in particular, Russia backed Bamako to retake swathes of Tuareg-held territory, pushing Algiers to back a coalition of Tuareg rebels known as CMA. After five years in office, Tebboune left a legacy of an Algeria in disarray with a swinging diplomacy.