MTN Group remains on track to report a total 2018 dividend of R5/share, despite “continued challenges in repatriating funds from MTN Irancell”, it said in notes alongside interim results for the six months to 30 June.
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Naspers’s Video Entertainment unit, which has oversight of DStv parent MultiChoice, has created a new Connected Video unit and appointed a CEO to lead it.
MTN South Africa has improved profitability on the back of a strong retail consumer business, though its enterprise segment is not turning around as quickly as had been hoped, putting pressure on service revenue growth.
First National Bank clients who own certain Garmin and Fitbit smartwatches can now use them to “tap to pay” at retail outlets where tap-based payments are supported.
For the second time in less than five years, Altron has launched a major refresh of its brand identity. It last did this in early 2014.
Shares in JSE-listed software company Adapt IT rose slightly on Wednesday afternoon after it said normalised headline earnings per share could increase by as much as 16% for the full financial year.
MultiChoice will soon convert its last-remaining standard-definition SuperSport channels to high definition in South Africa.
Nedbank, working with Mastercard and Entersekt, has launched QR code (or quick-response code) payments to Masterpass, Pay@, SnapScan and Zapper merchants and billers in its Money app – for use online or in-store.
Vodacom has reportedly paid more than R1.2-million to forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan after the cellphone giant allegedly handed over confidential call records to the legal team representing a former high-ranking member of the criminal underworld.
Altron has taken another big step in shedding its legacy industrial assets as the JSE-listed technology group transforms into an ICT-focused business.