The internet industry has warned that blocking illegal betting sites is easy to dodge, risky and potentially unlawful.
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Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.
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Payments giant Visa has detailed how AI agents, richer tokens and blockchain settlement will reshape commerce.
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Shares in Naspers and its spinoff Prosus tumbled on Monday after a report said Tencent Holdings faces a record fine in China.
African mobility fintech Moove has raised a further $105-million in a “series A2” round aimed at taking its business global.
In a blurring of boundaries between banks and telecoms operators, Telkom has launched a mobile point-of-sale solution aimed at SMMEs.
Bitcoin’s been known to freak out when Elon Musk tweets a broken-heart emoji. So why isn’t it flying off the handle as we seem to stand on the precipice of World War 3?
Justice minister Ronald Lamola insists members of the Gupta family will be extradited from Dubai and be forced to explain their actions.
Fintech company Yoco has acquired software development agency Nona Digital for an undisclosed sum.
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The US government is to examine if big technology firms have hurt competition or suppressed innovation as part of a new antitrust investigation.
Huawei quickened revenue growth to roughly 30% in the first half after select teams secured critical supplies to keep production going despite US technology export restrictions.
The UK government is intervening in the $3.4-billion sale of satellite operator Inmarsat to a group of funds on national security grounds.
A flaw in Facebook’s Messenger Kids app meant children could have come into contact with people not approved by their parents, the social network has confirmed.
MTN and Pick n Pay are poised to launch a mobile bank. Called Tyme, which stands for “take your money everywhere”, the venture will piggyback on the banking licence held by Bank of Athens. Tyme hopes to make mobile money transfers and mobile banking commonplace in South Africa, where consumers
Independent telecommunications tower operator, Nigerian-founded IHS Group, believes that half of the 170 000 base stations built by mobile operators in Africa will be considered for outsourcing within the next three to five years as pressure
