A quartet of newly approved projects is chasing spare grid capacity, not South Africa’s best solar resources.
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Rain’s newly launched unlimited mobile plans come with a high-spec handset – and plenty of fine print.
eMedia’s landmark deal with Netflix puts its flagship new drama on the streaming giant’s platform a day after broadcast.
Telkom fought to keep its network and South Africa lost a decade. Eskom risks making the same mistake.
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MTN Group has decided to pull the plug on its operation in war-torn Syria after it lost control of the business. It has booked a loss of R4.7-billion on the “deconsolidation” of the subsidiary.
Government on Thursday published changes to the Electricity Regulation Act, making it official that power producers of up to 100MW will not require a licence from energy regulator Nersa to operate.
MTN Group and Sanlam are joining forces to offer insurance products to the telecommunications operator’s hefty subscriber base on the continent, where relatively few have cover.
MTN Group is set to complete the sale and leaseback of South African towers by the end of next month, while a separation of both the fintech and fibre units is also under way.
Shares in Alviva Holdings jumped more than 18% in intraday trading on Thursday morning after the ICT distribution group said full-year earnings per share are likely to nearly double.
MTN Group doesn’t want to play second fiddle to other operators in Ethiopia, prompting its decision not to bid when the East African country tenders a second telecommunications licence soon.
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One hundred and forty-three days. That’s how much time Elon Musk has till the big bills start coming due in the debt market.
More bad news for Tencent: the Chinese Internet giant has lost its spot as one of the world’s 10 biggest companies.
Huawei has overtaken Apple in smartphones. Now it wants to take on some of America’s largest technology companies in semiconductors.
Snap “is quickly running out of money” and may need to raise capital by the middle of next year, according to a scathing new research report from MoffettNathanson.
State-owned Sentech plans to spend R814m over three years to build a national wireless broadband network. The company’s management team last week provided the first insights into its plans
The espionage business, using hi-tech surveillance gadgets, is booming in SA as businessmen, politicians and even ordinary consumers turn to technology to spy on colleagues, business associates
