Market Trends & Consumer Behaviour
DStv, GOtv lose 3.4 million Kenyan customers as Pay-TV decline deepens Summary MultiChoice’s DStv and GOtv lost more than 3.4 million subscribers in Kenya year‑on‑year, driving a 77% contraction in the country’s pay‑TV market. DStv subscriptions fell to 188,824 by June 2025 (from 1.2m a year earlier) and GOtv dropped to 314,520 (from 2.8m). Digital […]
At $31.2M today, Nigeria’s creator economy could be worth billions by 2030 Summary The Nigeria Creator Economy Report (NCER) 2025 — produced with the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, the National Council for Arts and Culture, TM Global and Communiqué — values Nigeria’s creator economy at $31.2m today and projects […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – PayPal’s paying attention to Africa Summary PayPal has pledged a $100 million multi-year investment across the Middle East and Africa to back startups, acquisitions and infrastructure via its venture arm and direct investments. The move follows PayPal opening a regional hub in Dubai and highlights growing interest from global payments firms in […]
Foreign Technology Dependence, Competition Pressure and Firm‐Level Innovation Mode Choice: Theory and Evidence From China Summary This paper combines empirical facts and a structural theoretical model to investigate how Chinese firms choose between self-innovation and collaborative innovation (outsourcing R&D, university collaboration, or importing foreign technology) when faced with rising foreign competition and foreign-technology dependence. The […]
The CX Triangle That’s Redefining Customer Trust in Insurance Summary CSAA Insurance Group outlines a concise, three‑pillar framework — the Customer Experience (CX) Triangle — that links member experience, transaction accuracy and operational efficiency. The article explains how AI and automation (virtual receptionists, a Virtual Claims Assistant, fraud detection and smarter knowledge search) are being […]
DExit: Reincorporation Data Seem to Support the Hype Summary Analysis Group’s review shows a clear uptick in reincorporation activity away from Delaware after the Delaware Court of Chancery’s January 2024 decision on Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package. Media attention and Google searches spiked in early 2024 and have remained above pre-2024 levels. For large public […]
Corporate Citizenship in Transition: Lessons from 2025, Planning for 2026 Summary This report, based on a survey of over 80 corporate citizenship and philanthropy leaders at US and multinational firms, reviews how corporate giving and citizenship programmes performed in 2025 and outlines what leaders are prioritising for 2026 in the face of economic uncertainty, new […]
Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Healthcare IPO: $381 Million Expansion Blueprint Summary Sunway Healthcare, controlled by Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah, is preparing an initial public offering designed to fund a $381 million expansion plan that aims to transform the group into a regional medical-tourism leader. The IPO would offer up to 1.9 billion shares (about […]
Ethnic Representation in New Russell 3000 Director Appointments Has Fallen 22% Since 2022 Summary New analysis of Russell 3000 board appointments shows a notable slowdown in ethnic diversity gains. The share of newly appointed ethnically diverse directors dropped from 23.3% in 2022 to 18.2% in 2024 — a 21.9% decline. The fall is driven mainly […]
Airport Chaos Shows Human Impact of 3rd-Party Attacks Summary A cyberattack on Collins Aerospace’s MUSE (Multi-User System Environment) ticketing and check-in software disrupted kiosks and baggage-tag systems at several European airports over the weekend, with effects continuing into Monday. Major hubs including Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin reported manual check-in processes, long queues and cancellations — […]
