Strong growth in Egypt and the DRC offset weak South African prepaid performance to lift Vodacom’s quarterly revenue.
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The three-year global partnership agreement will scale the use of AI across Prosus portfolio companies.
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Vodacom Group has awarded its CEO, Shameel Joosub, more than R44-million worth of share options, which will vest in three years provided they are not forfeited and performance conditions are met.
Constant power disruptions and the spiralling cost of electricity have pushed Mediclinic to start generating its own electricity.
Fibre-to-the-home operator Octotel, which was recently acquired by emerging markets investment firm Actis, is boosting customer line speeds at no cost, it said on Friday.
A floating gas-turbine generator meant to alleviate South Africa’s crippling power cuts has run into objections by oyster farmers and small-scale fishermen.
Turnover at the entertainment chain peaked in the year to 31 August 2010 at R952-million. It closed all remaining stores at the end last month, after announcing the decision in January.
The JSE-listed technology group known to most people as Altron, but which is technically Allied Electronics Corporation, is changing its name … to Altron.
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One of Huawei’s most senior executives has accused the US of a “geopolitical campaign” against the company in an attempt to gain leverage in trade negotiations with China.
Jealousy could be behind some of the criticism of Huawei in the West, the Chinese technology giant has suggested.
If Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos really wants his company’s movie production division to create a blockbuster hit, he might want to let them focus on his own life.
Apple’s Chinese smartphone shipments plummeted an estimated 20% in 2018’s final quarter, underscoring the scale of the iPhone maker’s retreat in the world’s largest mobile device market.
Ewan Sutherland, visiting adjunct professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, says corruption has become endemic in the telecommunications industry worldwide — and particularly in emerging markets. He says it’s becoming vital that this corruption
Most of us take it for granted that we own our own bodies. The establishment of human rights took care of that issue two centuries ago. But what about our DNA, the most basic building block of our bodies? We spread our DNA wherever we go, shedding skin flakes
