The total market value of cryptocurrencies has risen above $2-trillion again as bitcoin continued to climb and the likes of cardano, XRP and dogecoin advanced as well.
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Gabrielle Celli, the former head of regulatory affairs at Telkom during the height of the company’s monopoly powers in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died.
Walt Disney Co’s popular and fast-growing streaming service, Disney+, is coming to South Africa. The platform will be available sometime in the middle of 2022.
Health minister Joe Phaahla said his department not would recommend a relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown measures from its current level 3, despite an overall downward trend in infections.
MTN Group has decided to pull the plug on its operation in war-torn Syria after it lost control of the business. It has booked a loss of R4.7-billion on the “deconsolidation” of the subsidiary.
Government on Thursday published changes to the Electricity Regulation Act, making it official that power producers of up to 100MW will not require a licence from energy regulator Nersa to operate.
MTN Group and Sanlam are joining forces to offer insurance products to the telecommunications operator’s hefty subscriber base on the continent, where relatively few have cover.
MTN Group is set to complete the sale and leaseback of South African towers by the end of next month, while a separation of both the fintech and fibre units is also under way.
Shares in Alviva Holdings jumped more than 18% in intraday trading on Thursday morning after the ICT distribution group said full-year earnings per share are likely to nearly double.
MTN Group doesn’t want to play second fiddle to other operators in Ethiopia, prompting its decision not to bid when the East African country tenders a second telecommunications licence soon.