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Nigeria and Uganda are now closed, leaving Uber in just six African markets after four exits.
Rand Water has been hit by a cyberattack but has said it’s still business as usual, with no impact to water supply.
Hiten Parmar on why South Africa’s electric transition is starting with trucks rather than family cars.
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Canal+ is redrawing its DStv bundles, moving M-Net down-tier and offering sport as a separate choice.
Teraco used 399GWh of electricity in 2025, three times its 2021 figure, with a new solar facility now due to come online next year.
Woolworths grew online food sales 18.3% while Checkers Sixty60 managed 34.7% off a far larger base.
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is so capable it needs extra safety measures before launch.
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago signals a payments bill that will treat fintechs like banks on like activities.
Shoprite has closed its R&A Cellular deal, taking 51% of the point-of-sale platform serving spaza shops.
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Nvidia has taken about 90% of MediaTek’s record convertible bond issue, its biggest investment outside America.
AI-generated music will be excluded from Australia’s music charts starting this week.
Despite the potential swing, the era of Nvidia surprising everyone with 20% moves looks to be over.
Ukrainian intelligence says Moscow’s Rassvet satellite network is scaling much faster than Western analysts had anticipated.
Frontier labs have backed Demis Hassabis’s call for a self-regulator, but critics warn it hands Washington the off-switch.
Iran is choking the world’s oil artery. The internet has its own Hormuzes, a new report has warned.































