Global companies are tapping South Africa’s cost-effective skills base, while local firms continue to undervalue it.
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Nedbank Group has announced the resignation of its group chief information officer, Ray Naicker.
BMW has warned that South Africa’s EV policy delays are harming investment certainty and long-term competitiveness.
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada has acknowledged that Showmax has been a significant drag on MultiChoice’s financial performance.
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Where did you get my telephone number? Seldom has such a simple question elicited such a frantic response.
South Africa is seeking cheap finance for more than R400-billion of electricity infrastructure as part of its plans to move away from heavily polluting coal.
In the real world where real people live, Facebook has been causing significant damage. Mark Zuckerberg seems to think the best response to all of this is cosmetic.
Metrofile has agreed to buy 70% IronTree Internet Services from the founding shareholders, with the remaining tranche to be bought in 2024.
Mobile operators in Eswatini have been told to suspend access to Facebook and its messenger app after protests against the king flared up.
Vodafone said it would add nearly 7 000 software engineers to its workforce by 2025 to develop more of its own digital services across Europe and Africa.
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The ride-hailing company reported second quarter adjusted sales that fell short of estimates and posted a net loss of $5.24-billion, by far the largest ever for the business.
Huawei Technologies on Friday offered the first glimpse of an in-house software that may someday replace Google’s Android, an important step toward reducing its reliance on American technology.
US President Donald Trump is forcing Huawei – the world’s second biggest smartphone maker – to build a rival operating system to America’s Google.
Broadcom has agreed to buy Symantec’s division that serves business customers for $10.7-billion in cash, adding software designed to keep hackers out of corporate systems.
Telkom’s decision to phase out the well-known 8ta trademark and to rename its consumer cellular business Telkom Mobile could hurt the brand given that the telecommunications operator has a tarnished reputation among many consumers. In
Government wants to begin taxing virtual goods sold online by foreign companies, including e-books and downloaded music. These companies should be required to register as value-added tax (VAT) vendors, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said in his national budget speech in parliament
