Shoprite Holdings Ltd. is said to be in talks with Investec about a partnership as Africa’s largest grocer seeks to expand the financial services it offers millions of customers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boxer Retail Ltd. promoted its supply-chain head to run the South African budget grocer from March, with the retailer facing intense competition for cash-strapped consumers.

US funding cuts caused sharp and lasting declines in HIV prevention, testing and treatment services at organizations serving some of the people most vulnerable to the virus in Uganda and Zimbabwe, according to new research.

Three of South Africa’s biggest retailers are turning to new leadership to revive growth or accelerate turnaround plans as competition intensifies in one of the continent’s most developed consumer markets.

Spar Group Ltd. plans to announce a new chair and additional independent directors by early November as South Africa’s second-largest grocer by revenue pushes ahead with a turnaround that’s yet to deliver a meaningful improvement in earnings.

The former head of the US government’s global flagship HIV program warned that the Trump administration’s cuts to health assistance risks reversing decades of progress in Africa against the virus that causes AIDS.

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. named retail veteran Spencer Sonn to succeed Sean Summers as chief executive officer and complete a turnaround of the South African grocer that remains unfinished almost three years after Summers returned to rescue the business.

The US is letting lapse its five-year national emergency over the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, lifting sanctions on Eritrea’s military, ruling party and other individuals and entities targeted under the measure.

South African firms are courting shareholders ahead of annual general meetings after new laws gave investors more power over executive pay and put the directors who oversee it under greater pressure.

Roche Holding AG plans to deploy new laboratory equipment in the epicenter of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola epidemic as authorities struggle to contain a virus that has repeatedly outrun the response.

Woolworths Holdings Ltd. is reorienting its business around its upmarket South African food operations, putting its best-performing division at the center of the group as new Chief Executive Officer Sam Ngumeni plans to direct a larger share of investment toward the unit.

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.’s dividend beat estimates as profit rose, with Africa’s biggest grocer buying the Vida e Caffè coffee-shop chain and a majority stake in R&A Cellular to give it more exposure to quick-service restaurants as well as the technology and payments space.

Merck & Co.’s Ebola vaccine and an antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. are set for wider use in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to blunt the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is becoming steadily deadlier on paper, as too many people reach treatment only after the disease has become critical.

Uber’s partner in its first African low-cost electric vehicle offering said the war between the US and Iran and resulting fuel price increases is igniting demand for its branded vehicles.

A South African app that links households with domestic workers is reeling, delivery drivers are fleeing, and a key textile hub has lost workers as anti-migrant protests push tens of thousands of people to leave the country, sending tremors through a strained economy.

South Africa processed almost 53,500 foreign nationals for deportation or voluntary repatriation since last month, as the authorities act on pledges to speed up removals while warning vigilante groups to stop conducting illegal searches for undocumented foreigners.

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the Democratic Republic of Congo to speed overdue payments to striking Ebola responders as the labor dispute threatens efforts to contain the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the deadly disease.

South Africa is preparing for a possible Ebola outbreak as the virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo, underscoring concerns that the continent’s busiest travel hubs may eventually import cases.

South Africa’s online grocery battle is entering a new phase where the competition is no longer just about delivering groceries faster, but rather about making shopping itself almost disappear.