Author: Staff Reporter

Naspers Foundry said on Tuesday that it will invest R15-million in Cape Town-based Floatplays, an “on-demand earned wage access platform”.

Many South African companies already use software from US CRM specialist Salesforce.com. Now the company has officially established a “legal entity” in the country.

MTN Group said on Friday that its full-year headline earnings per share would rise by between 25% and 35%.

Regulator Zadna has short-listed five bidders to provide registry services for .co.za, .net.za and org.za second-level domains.

Nedbank will on 15 March withdraw banking services provided to AEEI, the investment company controlled by controversial businessman Iqbal Survé.

Absa Bank has joined the Hyperledger Foundation, an open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies.

Stitch, a Cape Town-based fintech start-up, has raised US$21-million (R315-million) in a funding round that includes PayPal Ventures.

Remgro-controlled fibre telecommunications company Dark Fibre Africa has appointed Heydon Hall as chief information officer.

MTN Group said on Monday that its South African unit plans to hire 150 “digital experts” to meet what it calls “growing demand” for digital services.

Former Post Office CEO Mark Barnes has penned an open letter offering to buy a majority stake in the deeply troubled Post Office.