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Amazon.com is embracing artificial intelligence to deliver goods more quickly, enhance its voice-activated Alexa assistant and create new tools sold to others through its cloud computing division, CEO Jeff Bezos said in his annual

Vula Investments, the energy and telecommunications investment vehicle chaired by Mark Headbush – a key figure behind the launch of Wireless Business Solutions and iBurst – has revealed plans to

Bell Pottinger said it no longer represents a company controlled by South Africa’s Gupta family, who are friends with President Jacob Zuma, after social-media attacks against the UK-based public relations firm

First National Bank’s transactional banking application for smartphones now supports augmented reality (AR) technology, the company said on Wednesday. The new app, which was launched on the Google

Remgro is in talks to sell broadband provider Dark Fibre Africa to Internet Solutions (IS), according to three people familiar with the matter. Remgro, which owns 51,9% of the business, and investment partner

JSE-listed media and e-commerce giant Naspers has announced it will invest R960m in South African e-retailer Takealot Online – which owns Takealot.com and other assets – in the process taking a majority stake in the company. In a statement

Newly appointed Altron CEO Mteto Nyati has moved quickly to stamp his authority on the listed technology company, naming a new executive committee and scrapping “redundant” positions. The idea behind the restructuring is to

The head of South Africa’s nuclear company has said a request for proposals to build reactors is expected to go out as early as June as five potential suppliers emerge as leading candidates. Companies from South

A week after President Jacob Zuma appeared to have weathered calls to resign, former leaders of the ANC are ratcheting up pressure on him to quit after his shock cabinet purge prompted two ratings agencies to downgrade the