The deal makes MTN the second major South African operator to lean on the Chinese fintech giant for its super-app ambitions.
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The Technology Innovation Agency sold its Kapa stake for $4.9-million months before Roche bought the biotech for $445-million.
Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.
Battery-electric sales jumped 96% year on year in the first quarter, yet they remain a sliver of the market.
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Peach Payments tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million as consumers opened their wallets and spent big.
FNB’s banking app has gone down at the worst possible time: on Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
NTCSA has won regulatory approval to run South Africa’s new power market, advancing key electricity sector reforms.
Icasa has launched an inquiry into the licensing regime for individual electronic network communication services licences.
Cell C listed on the JSE on Thursday, completing a multi-year turnaround that has reshaped the business.
Despite plunging TV ad spend, eMedia boosts headline earnings 20.9% thanks to tight cost control and digital momentum.
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In a major strategic shift, Microsoft is said to be planning to release the coming installment of Call of Duty to Game Pass.
Meta’s Threads is testing its own version of TweetDeck, a feature once popular with Twitter users.
The forecast reflects the new launch timing for the hotly anticipated title, Take-Two Interactive Software said.
The entry of Big Tech into finance creates new risks that may need new rules, global banking regulators said.
The world’s richest countries are courting South Africa as a model of how to transition to a more climate-friendly future from a dependency on coal. It’s a pity about the politics, then.
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built and a complex piece of mechanical origami that has pushed the limits of human engineering.
