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Swatch Group said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems for smartwatches as Switzerland’s largest maker of timepieces vies with Silicon Valley for control of

Net1’s social grant distribution subsidiary, Cash Paymaster Services, continues to be coy about the amount it would be remunerated under a new contract with the South African Social Security Agency, telling the constitutional

Cell C is interested in reaching a deal soon to allow its customers to roam not only on Vodacom’s 2G and 3G networks – as they do now when they are outside the bigger towns and metropolitan areas

Google is scaling up investment in Africa by laying fibre-optic cable, easing access to cheaper Android phones and training a workforce in digital skills as the US technology giant seeks to expand on the continent. “We laid about 1 000km of fibre in Uganda and we are busy

Uber’s food delivery service UberEats is expanding to Pretoria, including Centurion, the company said on Wednesday. This is after the service was launched in Johannesburg last year and in parts of Cape Town early in 2017. Jambu Palaniappan, regional

There is now a strong possibility that the South African Social Security Agency will be weaned off its dependence on one operator which is able to dictate terms by virtue of a “closed-loop” system. This follows the news that the interministerial task team led

Google said on Wednesday that it has trained a million African people as part of its digital skills programme, beating a target of doing so within 12 months of its April 2016 launch. It has now committed to

US officials are planning to issue indictments related to the hacking attacks against Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter. The country’s department of justice is accusing four people of participating in massive online security

EOH is nothing if not consistent. The JSE-listed technology services company has again turned in a strong set of financial results, with headline earnings per share rising by 22% on the back of revenue that climbed by 21% to R7,2bn