Safaricom and parent Vodacom Group plan a joint bid for an Ethiopian telecommunications licence that they expect to cost as much as R15-billion.
Author: Agency Staff
Google has agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1-billion in cash, a move that could shore up the Internet giant’s hardware business while also potentially increasing antitrust scrutiny.
Safaricom, a unit of Vodacom Group, posted a 14% increase in net income for the six months to September 2019 as revenue growth from mobile money was hurt by a state crackdown on sports betting.
HAn open letter has been posted to Huawei’s internal messaging board containing a sharp rebuke of the company’s overtime policy and alleging executives are covering up the full extent of extra work that’s happening.
When Nokia cut its outlook and halted the dividend last week, analysts blamed the company’s under-investment in research and development, among other things. Add internal politics to the list.
Apple executives put aside their typical praise of the iPhone’s sleek design and breakthrough technology on Wednesday for more mundane topics such as installment plans, trade-in programmes and giveaways.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Wednesday that the company will ban all political ads, delivering a jab to Facebook, which has come under fire for the way it’s handled advertising by candidates.
National treasury wants to forge ahead with long-stalled plans to sell state assets to shore up the nation’s shaky finances despite opposition from other government departments and labour unions.
Africa Data Centres, a pan-African company that provides data services, has expanded its use of solar power by ordering the installation of a 1.2MW plant at its facility in Nairobi.
Finance minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday that government will stop buying cellphones for public representatives and senior managers in the public service.