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The Financial Services Board on Wednesday granted a new exchange licence with an infrastructure to clear to A2X Markets. This is the third new stock exchange licence granted by the regulator in just over

Privately held ICT company Vox (formerly Vox Telecom) said on Wednesday that its shareholders have approved a R550m investment to invest in, among other things, broadband fibre-optic infrastructure. The investment will

Facebook has increased its number of African users to 170m and plans to expand further by adding Wi-Fi hotspots and fibre-optic cables, in a bid to spread its reach outside of developed markets. The figure is

South African bonds and the rand fell after President Jacob Zuma bolstered his position by fending off calls from senior ruling party officials to quit. South Africa’s benchmark rand bond due in

The World Bank’s International Finance Corp said it’s pressing Net1 UEPS Technologies to complete an assessment of its lending practices this year as human rights organisations allege that the

Vodacom has announced new price plans across its Red and Smart contract tariff plans. The operator said the plans will “give customers more value with increased data and voice allocations”. Red plans are aimed at the

From Tuesday, 4 April, trademark owners will be able to secure .africa domain names matching their registered trademarks before the new generic top-level domain is opened to the public in July. ZA Central Registry CEO