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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MTN and Vodacom together move over $1-trillion through mobile money – but their fintech playbooks are diverging.
The country’s tiny electric car market has one striking feature that sets it apart from almost everywhere else.
Foreign providers sell Rica avoidance as an eSim feature, exposing a gap in South Africa’s Sim-registration rules.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX now operates 75% of all manoeuvrable satellites in orbit and is targeting 10 000 launches a year.
FindHomes wants to replace gut-feel property decisions with deeds data, yield forecasts and a WhatsApp AI agent.
Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank over funding for a multibillion-dollar nuclear programme.
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Payments firm Stripe is reportedly considering an acquisition of PayPal or parts of the digital payments pioneer.
Microsoft has announced that gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years, in a major leadership shake-up.
A phone used by Teixeira Candido was infected with surveillance software from spyware vendor Intellexa.
Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest hostile takeover bid, but has left the door open a crack.
