Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
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Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
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A cybersurveillance company in Israel developed a tool to break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen technique that has been in use since at least February.
Karooooo, the Nasdaq-listed mobility software company that owns South Africa’s Cartrack Holdings, has acquired digital logistics specialist Picup in a R70-million deal.
Vodacom Group on Monday fleshed out some of the details of the consortium that recently secured an operating licence in Ethiopia.
Energy regulator Nersa has kicked a hard discussion about a licence for the controversial electricity generator down the road.
Dozens of companies have appealed to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ease restrictions on travel from Southern Africa that are hampering trade.
Zimbabwe has begun daily 12-hour power cuts due limited generation at its thermal plant and repairs on Kariba.
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Apple’s Steve Jobs was singular in his ability to take a company “on a path to die” and turn it into the world’s most valuable – in part by “casting spells”, billionaire Bill Gates said.
Financial regulators must act fast to prepare for the push by US technology giants like Facebook into the financial system, according to European Central Bank executive board member Benoit Coeure.
This week’s Asia Blockchain Summit in Taipei highlighted how volatility is back, reviving the excitement around crypto trading.
Samsung Electronics’ quarterly profit more than halved after a global industry downturn and trade tensions hammered demand for its chips and high-end smartphones.
In an ordinary-looking house at 18 Dennesig Street in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, a company called HealthQ Technologies has built a “metabolic chamber” — a device used for recording oxygen consumption and carbon-dioxide production for measuring human metabolic activity
Technology entrepreneur Stafford Masie spent two-and-a-half years working on the Payment Pebble smartphone payment device before it was unveiled last week by retail banking giant Absa. The device was engineered and built by Masie’s Centurion-based company Thumbzup, which he wants

































