Chinese-owned Uber Technologies rival Didi Chuxing Technology – better known as DiDi – will be launched in Johannesburg and Pretoria next Monday, 23 August.

Mastercard is phasing out cards with magnetic stripes, more than six decades after the technology was first introduced, as consumers adopt chip- and tap-based payments in increasing numbers.

Facebook and some of the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, China Mobile and MTN Group, are set to build a wider-than-earlier-planned giant subsea cable in Africa.

A trading update for the first half of the year from Massmart on Friday spooked investors who had been banking on a stronger recovery. Game is at the centre of the problems.

The Internet Service Providers’ Association has strongly criticised communications regulator Icasa for attempting to “micromanage” the sector.

A little-known digital token linked to the cardano blockchain has just become the third-largest virtual currency in the world as network developers look to ride the boom in decentralised finance.