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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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Prosus and Naspers have invested $1.3-billion building a 31% stake in Swiggy ahead of its listing on Wednesday.
A 2G/3G shutdown deadline should not be imposed by government, communications minister Solly Malatsi said.
The past 10 years have produced no new laws on the SABC and no new framework for the broadcasting industry.
MultiChoice has reported a 99% fall in half-year profit and described the operating environment as “extremely hostile”.
Operators have been urged not to ignore A2P messaging as a revenue source, especially in Africa.
The Foschini Group is mounting a challenge to global giants expanding aggressively into the local e-commerce market.
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Adobe will offer an app aimed at helping the creators of images and videos get credit for their work used in AI systems.
OpenAI accused Elon Musk of harassment in a legal fight that’s unfolding as it weighs a shift to a for-profit model.
The EU has voted to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles from China in a move set to increase trade tensions.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6-billion from investors, including Microsoft and Nvidia.
Intel shares slumped 20% in extended trade after it announced sweeping job cuts and a suspension of its dividend.
This weekend’s global IT outage highlights the interconnected and often fragile nature of modern IT infrastructure.