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In Summary  Katlego Maphai co-founded Yoco to simplify card acceptance for small businesses traditionally excluded from formal payment systems.  Under his leadership, Yoco focused on building an affordable, accessible payment infrastructure tailored to SME realities.  Yoco has expanded beyond South Africa, extending its SME payments platform into additional markets.Deep Dive!!Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, January 23, 2026 – For decades, South Africa’s payments ecosystem was shaped primarily around large retailers and established enterprises. Small and medium-sized businesses, particularly informal and early-stage merchants, faced high costs, complex onboarding processes, and limited access to card payment infrastructure. As consumer payment preferences shifted toward cards and digital transactions,…

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls on member states to address unpaid dues and overhaul world body’s financial rules.Published On 30 Jan 202630 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the United Nations faces “imminent financial collapse” amid unpaid annual dues and other issues.Al Jazeera on Friday reviewed a letter Guterres sent to all UN member states earlier this week, warning them that the global body faced a grave financial crisis.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe letter urged member states to agree to overhaul the UN’s financial rules or accept “the very…

In his first stint at the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh came to a central bank that was about to be asked to save the world. He returns now under very different circumstances, asked to serve a notoriously fickle president who will place significant but very different demands on him.Warsh indeed is a Fed veteran, serving during the critical period of 2006 to 2011 that led up to and ultimately through the global financial crisis and the central bank’s efforts to stabilize the economy. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Warsh was one of the youngest members ever to serve on…

Corus, CBC and Bell will join forces to air the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards in a first-of-its-kind simulcast aimed at expanding the show’s reach and celebrating homegrown stories. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced Friday that the awards will air on Global, STACKTV, CBC, CBC Gem, Crave and CTV on May 31 at 8 p.m. ET.Calgary-born actor and comedian Andrew Phung will host the ceremony, which celebrates the best in Canadian film, TV and digital media.In previous years, the Screen Awards have only aired on CBC and CBC Gem.Academy CEO Tammy Frick said the simulcast reflects a shared…

The US Justice Department has published a new cache of millions of documents related to the late convicted sex ‍offender Jeffrey Epstein.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Biden administration official’s social media post lamenting the death of a young child in government custody amid increased immigration operations in Minnesota drew backlash from Republicans, who seized on the fact that the death occurred during the Biden administration. Andrew Bates, who previously served as the senior deputy press secretary for former President Joe Biden, on Tuesday retweeted a post from the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, an 8-year-old who suffered from sickle cell anemia and a heart condition and died in Border Patrol custody in 2023.Bates…

“Hello, I’m Josh Safdie. I’m the co-writer, co-editor, and director of “Marty Supreme.” This is when the dream is very much alive during the first act, and we’re seeing Marty in the role that he sees himself. And I talked to Timmy about what it means to be winning. And I said, I need that to almost superhero levels. This is the character Kay Stone, the former movie star, beautifully and tragically played by Gwyneth Paltrow. ” … see the open window with a bowl of fruit on the table?” “You see it?” “I do.” “Here’s what’s going to happen.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sydney Sweeney does not understand why she’s been deemed the “MAGA Barbie” since she’s never spoken out publicly about her political beliefs.For Cosmopolitan’s cover issue, Sweeney spoke to the magazine about how people use her as a “pawn” since she will not discuss politics openly, and she said they label her how they see fit.”I’ve never been here to talk about politics. I’ve always been here to make art, so this is just not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of. And I think because of that, people want…

Microsoft’s stock ws largely flat on Friday, after the stock saw its biggest daily decline since 2020, sliding 10% Thursday after it reported earnings.Shares fell despite the company’s second-quarter earnings beating analyst revenue expectations. Like other hyperscalers, Microsoft has invested huge sums in its AI infrastructure buildout. But Meta reported huge AI spending on the same day and its stock jumped 8%.Why did Microsoft’s stock drop?Investors latched onto the growth of Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure and other cloud services, which came in at 39% below StreetAccount’s 39.4% consensus. Those areas saw 40% growth in the fiscal first quarter.The company’s…

David Neeleman, Breeze Airways founder and CEO, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss winter flight cancellations, airlines, and more.