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Key events for today

President Donald Trump has officially announced Brent Bozell III as the next US ambassador to South Africa.

Brent Bozell is the founder of the Media research centre. He was born in Washington DC and has written two books. One of his books is Collussion: How they stole the 2012 election – And how to stop them from doing it in 2016 with Tim Graham.

Topics

1. International renewable energy conference and expo to be held in Victoria Falls from 08 – 11 April 2025.
2. Zimbabwe Wealth and retirement summit to be held in Nyanga from 2 to 4 April.

Business

1. Old Mutual’s digital fintech platform, O’mari has experienced growth of over 5000%
2. Nedbank Zimbabwe disburses $10 million in dividends after experiencing a 90% increase in customer deposits. The return of funds to shareholder may represent a lack of opportunities in the Zimbabwean economy.
3. Stanbic Profits rise by 27% achieving a profit of ZIG1,4 Billion.
4. Padenga Holdings released its results with a revenue of $222 million.
5. Net-One launches Mogigs between $7 and $50
6. New AI developments in South Africa. Datatec has reported exponentail demand for more powerful systems that are AI capable. Datatec expects most AI spend to come from infrastructure. Discovery Bank has launched an AI financial advise tool. This comes as China’s H3C has warned of a shirtage of Nvidia AI chips.

Africa

1. Research on Diabetes by Wits researcher Clement Kufe found that Diabetes (T2D) in more prevalent middle aged men than women. This is due to Cental deposit resuting in men being less insulin sensitive than women. Diabetes is currently the leading cause of death among women in SA and second overall, with one in nine having diagnosed and one in two not diagnosed .
2. South African player fails to make it to Bafana Bafana after he did not manage to get a passport after being called up.

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Notes

Brent Bozell III appointed US Ambassador to South Africa

I am honored to be chosen by President Trump to serve as the next CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

There is lots of work to be done. I look forward to meeting with Senators ahead of my confirmation hearing to explore how best to ensure the priorities of the President are met.

Thank you, Mr. President!

2. Traxtion CEO, James Holley says SA is in the right direction after the publication of a Request for Information by Transnet. In December , Creecy approved the publication of the Transnet Network Statement.