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As stablecoin adoption rises, traditional financial institutions are rushing meet the needs of businesses and consumers.
The three-year global partnership agreement will scale the use of AI across Prosus portfolio companies.
For years, Vodacom Group was viewed primarily as a telecoms operator with an interesting side business in mobile money.
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MTN Group said on Wednesday that it will deploy an OpenRAN network architecture across its operations in Africa, allowing interoperability between vendors and reducing costs.
Amazon.com’s planned new Africa headquarters in Cape Town is to draw demonstrations on Wednesday as indigenous people protest its construction on a heritage site.
A cloud of methane has been detected by satellite near coal mines in South Africa, drawing attention to a lesser-known environmental risk that comes from using the dirtiest fossil fuel.
With the third wave of Covid-19 in full swing in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country to “alert level 3”, restricting alcohol sales and strictly limiting the size of public gatherings.
Bitcoin is gaining more privacy features as concern increases over the use of the cryptocurrency during a recent spate of ransomware attacks.
Naspers spin-off Prosus has acquired a majority stake in GoodHabitz, a European provider of online training for businesses, for €212-million.
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US President Donald Trump has repeatedly described The New York Times as “failing”, but its latest results tell a different story.
Huawei is bolstering its presence at the industry’s biggest conference in an attempt to land deals. Its plans risk being foiled by a powerful foe: the US government.
Spotify Technology has acquired podcasting companies Gimlet Media and Anchor FM, a declaration that their specialty is the next big area of growth for the world’s largest paid music service.
Canada will probably ban Huawei from its 5G networks, analysts and security experts say, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may delay the decision as long as possible.
MTN Group expects to add more than 20m subscribers in the next 12 months, taking its customer base from 164,5m to 184,8m by the end of the year. In 2011, the JSE-listed mobile group, which has operations in 21 countries across Africa and the Middle East, grew its subscriber base by 16,2% to 164,5m. It expects to
The ruling ANC wants a broad overhaul of policy and regulation in SA’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector to grow the industry and ensure universal access to broadband and other technologies. In a detailed overview of the sector, tabled on Monday

































