South African start-up Project Ubu, which is working to combine the idea of a universal basic income (separate from government-led initiatives) with a blockchain-housed cryptocurrency, has announced plans to
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South African programmes to add coal and gas power generation from independent providers should wait until policies are updated and the nation’s future needs are clearer, said energy minister Mmamaloko Kubayi
Bitcoin start-up Luno has announced plans to expand into 35 new markets in Europe after securing R120m (US$9m) in a Series B funding round led by London-based Balderton Capital. Rand Merchant Investments
MTN and IBM are introducing collars for prey animals that help combat rhino poaching, a test case for new wireless technologies. The collars track and monitor prey animals such as zebras that graze close to rhinos, detecting
Newly recapitalised Cell C is continuing to introduce new products as it fights its bigger rivals for market share, on Tuesday announcing aggressively priced new data packages and promotions, including one option
EOH’s share price rose as much as 5.1% on Tuesday after the JSE-listed technology services group reported a 16% improvement in headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 July 2017. The group said it would
Zambia is seeking bidders for a fourth mobile network licence to take on operators including market leader MTN in the Southern African country, transport & communications minister Brian Mushimba said. The ministry last week
In a move that has stunned the market, fibre-to-the-home operator Vumatel will begin a pilot before the end of the year to offer uncapped 100Mbit/s fibre connectivity to residents of Alexandra in
In what its backers are calling “potentially a world first for a major grocery retailer”, shoppers were for a “limited time” able to pay for their groceries using bitcoin at a Pick n Pay retail store in Cape Town. In a
The South African Social Security Agency said it’s in talks with national treasury to provide additional funding so that it can comply with a constitutional court order and replace Net1 UEPS Technologies as the distributor of