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SportyBet, the flagship betting platform owned by global sports and entertainment powerhouse Sporty Group, announced the appointment of two of South Africa’s most celebrated athletes — Cheslin Kolbe and BenniMcCarthy — as its newest oficial brand ambassadors. Cheslin Kolbe stands as one of South Africa’s most celebrated rugby talents, a currentSpringbok and two-time Rugby World Cup Champion, having helped secure global titles in both 2019 and 2023. Renowned for his explosive

A major AWS outage on October 20 disrupted hundreds of apps and platforms across the globe, from gaming and finance to smart-home systems. The incident, traced to the US-East-1 region, caused widespread latency and login failures. Engineers are working to restore services, but the event highlights once again how dependent the modern internet is on a handful of cloud providers.

Most CEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa are optimistic about the future of the global economy and their business’ long-term viability: PwC 2025...