Absa Group CEO Daniel Mminele has stepped down, the bank said on Tuesday, a shock departure just 15 months into his post that sent shares in one of Africa’s biggest lenders down as much as 5%.
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Eskom has said it’s urgently seeking new providers of technical support after Oracle’s South African unit withdrew its services over a payment dispute.
A Tesla electric car that “no one” appeared to be driving crashed late on Saturday in Texas in the US, erupting into flames and killing the two passengers, according to local authorities.
Nasa conducted its first flight on another planet on Monday. It was a short hop for a small chopper named Ingenuity but it demonstrated technology that could prove critical to the future of space exploration.
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, fell as much as 14% to $51 541 on Sunday, reversing most of the big gains it made over the past week.
It’s getting crowded up there, and awfully dangerous. By up there, I mean space – and not the far-off areas that concern astronomers and science fiction.
More people were diagnosed with Covid-19 during the past seven days than any other week since the start of the pandemic.
British finance minister Rishi Sunak told the Bank of England on Monday to look at the case for a new “britcoin”, or central bank-backed digital currency.
Turkey’s central bank has banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services, citing “irreparable” possible damages and significant risks in such transactions.
David Cameron’s work for Greensill Capital, which has dragged the British government into a lobbying scandal, has showcased the trend of politicians taking jobs at companies tapping the global tech investment boom.