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
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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
The City of Tshwane has launched a review application in the high court in Pretoria to have a multibillion-rand contract for the construction of a broadband network set aside, saying the
Liquid Telecom sister company Econet Media looks set to introduce a fresh injection of competition into South Africa’s pay-television market, announcing on Thursday that it will bring its