In a bid to boost financial inclusion in South Africa, bank accounts may soon be linked to easy-to-remember identifiers like cellphone numbers. The linking of bank accounts to easy-to-remember identifiers
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Orange plans to distribute as many as 20 000 solar kits in four African countries in partnership with UK-based renewable energy firm BBOXX as an increasing number of companies seek to roll out off-grid solar power
A record wave of stock is heading for Ghana’s market as MTN Group is said to prepare to sell a chunk of its local unit to investors for about $790m (R9.2bn). The shares should be snapped up, the country’s
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest top-tier smartphone to bring the fight to Apple and Samsung, as the Chinese start-up readies a highly anticipated initial public offering.
Co-founder Lei Jun showed off the MIX 2S, which
You can now tip your Uber driver directly from the app in South Africa. The Internet ride-hailing company announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the tipping feature with immediate effect. At the end of each trip, Uber
SqwidNet, the Internet of things (IoT) network operator launched as a partnership between Dark Fibre Africa and France-headquartered IoT specialist Sigfox, now covers 83% of South Africa’s population, it said on
Free Wi-Fi must be provided to communities in both metropolitan and rural areas, and to all public schools, clinics and libraries, the ANC has resolved. The resolution is contained in the report of the party’s 54th
The SABC board said on Monday that “decisive and appropriate action” will be taken if allegations of fraud and corruption related to a R185m security tender awarded in July 2017 are proven to be true. The Star newspaper
It’s one of the more unusual deals in the art world. After more than a decade, an Alberta, Canada businessman has finally found a buyer for his prized collection of gold castings of Nelson Mandela’s hand. The final
Although the vast majority of South Africa’s telecommunications and technology companies will pass on the 1% increase in the value-added tax rate — from 14% to 15% — from 1 April, some are bucking the trend