The blockchain is best known as the technology that underpins and facilitates Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But it is highly diverse and can be applied in a variety of instances. In essence, a blockchain is a computer protocol that enables the
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The board of Gijima, the technology group now 100% owned and controlled by businessman Robert Gumede, will sign off on its multi-year turnaround at the end of the financial year to June 2016, its
After a rocky start, commercial free-to-air satellite broadcaster OpenView HD, a sister company of e.tv, is adding subscribers at a remarkable rate of knots, though revenues are proving elusive. Listed parent company eMedia Holdings revealed in its annual results
Three hours, around 100 people, 1 400 Japanese ATMs and 1 600 counterfeit credit cards, was all it took for fraudsters to exploit Standard Bank in Japan. The bank, which stands to lose up to R300m, described the attack as a “sophisticated
Competition has broken out among telecommunications operators in South Africa as a result of an open-access policy intervention, being the prices which operators pay to access customers on other networks: the call termination rate. Prepaid mobile voice
The South African retail banking sector is characterised by high barriers to entry. The sector is concentrated, with four of the largest banks – Standard Bank, Absa, First National Bank and Nedbank – accounting for more than 80% of retail
At some point, JSE-listed Altron’s bombed out share price is going to look like a bargain. But it’s hard to know when that will be. The Venter-run family business last week announced a loss of R1,1bn for the year to February, drowning the previous
Apple’s share price, which peaked above US$132 a year ago, is now around $94. This is despite the news that Warren Buffett’s investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway had recently acquired more than 9,8m Apple shares. Since
Drive along the R24 freeway from Johannesburg to OR Tambo International, and just past the Barbara Road offramp, on the right-hand side, the sky is filled with cranes. The massive
The news that Vodacom South Africa is planning to drop the M-Pesa mobile money transfer service has come as a surprise to many analysts considering the huge success it has seen in many