Author: Agency Staff

The dominance of Naspers over the South African stock market is about to be reduced – partially at least. And that’s good news for a number of fund managers.

Samsung and Huawei took turns announcing new mobile processors at the IFA technology show in Berlin last week, and the big thing the new chips have in common is an integrated 5G modem.

Cars made Germany into a global manufacturing powerhouse, but pollution concerns have sullied the reputation of a product that once embodied individual freedom.

Given the US-China trade war, one might think that news of Apple contravening Chinese labour laws would provide just the ammunition that Beijing needs to crack down on the tech giant.

Nigeria’s ruling party has urged the government to nationalise South African companies operating in the West African nation in retaliation for xenophobic attacks on its nationals.

Facebook and Google are facing intensifying scrutiny by US state law enforcement officers with authority to impose vast fines and even break up companies that are found to have violated antitrust and privacy rules.

Apple has disputed a recent Google security report that described an iPhone malware attack as “en masse”.

There is a need to ensure broadband access for all in order to overcome social, economic and spatial inequality, finance minister Tito Mboweni said this week.

African central banks are working to link the continent’s major cross-border payment systems as plans to create the world’s largest free-trade zone gain momentum.

ProtonMail is in talks with Huawei Technologies about including its encrypted e-mail service in future mobile devices, part of the Chinese phone maker’s plan to develop an alternative to the Google ecosystem.