Turmoil engulfed cryptocurrency markets again on Tuesday, with every major coin extending a rout that’s rocking confidence in the nascent asset class.
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South African start-up Jini Guru has launched a smartphone app and QR card to allow users to make micropayments electronically, to a car guard for example, without the need to carry cash.
Uber rival Taxify said on Tuesday that it has expanded its South African operations to include the coastal towns of Plettenberg Bay, George, Knysna and Mossel Bay.
The slide in cryptocurrencies accelerated on Monday, with bitcoin piercing below the $5 000 mark for the first time since October 2017.
Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa is exploring options including selling all or part of itself, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Financial services chatbot developer FinChatBot has secured R7-million in funding from South Africa’s Kalon Venture Partners and Mauritius-based Compass Venture Capital.
South Africa now has more than 1.2 million registered .za domains. Across the co.za, web.za, net.za and org.za domains, the number is on track to exceed 1.5 million, the ZA Central Registry said on Monday.
Eskom is proposing executive job cuts and a reorganisation of management units in an effort to improve the utility’s financial position.
Loon, spun out of the search giant’s X innovation lab in July, is teaming up with Telkom Kenya to build a network of high-flying balloons to connect people in the East African country