Author: Staff Reporter

A PwC analysis shows technology investment is accelerating as incumbents face pressure from challenger banks.

JSE-listed fintech Optasia has smashed its listing guidance, with revenue up 76% and users climbing 43% to 432 million.

Eskom has marked 300 consecutive days without load shedding, with plant outages down 53% year on year.

Shoprite has agreed to acquire a majority stake in R&A Cellular, targeting the informal retail sector.

Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.

Vodacom says it has achieved 5G upload speeds above 250Mbit/s, though the technology is not yet being deployed commercially.

A UCT-led team has used South Africa’s MeerKAT and Salt to reveal a vast hidden supercluster lurking behind the Milky Way.

Fintech start-up NjiaPay has bagged $2.1-million in seed funding to simplify payments across Africa.

Increases range from 6% to 10% depending on the service, with uncapped LTE and 5G plans spared.

Apple retailer iStore has opened pre-orders for Apple’s new MacBook Neo at R11 999 for the 256GB model.