Two years ago, Oppo and Vivo couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Now they outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning. Cheng runs a thriving electronics store in the rural town of Miaoxia, tapping into her
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South African policy makers will probably leave interest rates steady on Thursday without calling an end to the rate-hike cycle as uncertainty from Donald Trump’s election as US president to local political turmoil keeps the rand volatile. Inflation that’s slowed from a peak of 7% in
The rand extended gains, strengthening the most among global currencies after the South African government said it would delay a plan to build new nuclear power plants, allaying concern that the cost of the program would strain
South Africa’s jobless rate rose to the highest in over a decade in the third quarter as more people started looking for employment. The jobless rate rose to 27,1% in the quarter through September, from 26,6% in the previous three
National fibre operator FibreCo Telecommunications has poached Broadband Infraco’s Sammy Mafu as its new business development executive. Mafu, who was chief marketing and sales officer at the state-owned
South Africa has delayed plans to build new nuclear power plants over concern about their cost and the waning demand for additional electricity as economic growth stalls. Under a new timeline, the first nuclear power is expected to
After fuelling the 20th century car culture that reshaped cities and defined modern life, petrol has had its day. The International Energy Agency forecasts that global petrol consumption has all but peaked as more efficient cars and the
How can you tell the US$200bn market for digital advertising is devolving into a two-horse race? The duopolists are retreating to their respective corners to specialise in what they do best. Those two titans are Google and Facebook, which
National treasury and Telkom have concluded negotiations on the existing contract for fixed-line telecommunications services for national and provincial departments. In a statement on Monday, national treasury said the
The country’s proposed national minimum wage amounts to R20/hour and brings South Africa a step closer to tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment, deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said to reporters in Johannesburg on Sunday. “It is by no