Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
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Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Scientists claim to have created the world’s first living robots using stem cells from frog embryos. The tiny hybrids are “entirely new lifeforms” known as xenobots and are able to move about.
State-owned power producer Eskom will be the “death knell” for South Africa’s mining industry unless the government enables mines to produce their own electricity, according to Exxaro Resources CEO Mxolisi Mgojo.
MTN Nigeria Communications surged by 10% in Lagos on Monday, the most allowed by the exchange and matching the biggest gain since its May market debut.
Massmart plans to close the 23-store DionWired chain of hi-tech appliance shops as well as 11 Masscash wholesale outlets, a spokesman said by phone on Monday.
Retail group Massmart Group, whose assets include Makro, Game and DionWired, warned on Monday that it’s likely to close a range of stores affecting the jobs of nearly 1 500 employees.
Shares in Telkom have rocketed more than 21% since reaching a multi-year low in intraday trading last Thursday, signalling that investors believe the sell-off was overdone.
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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Snapchat filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission before last week’s US presidential election
Apple is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter. While still in an exploration phase, the device would connect wirelessly
Twitter has announced new measures to crack down on the hate speech and online abuse pervading its social media platform. In the wake of a contentious US election, the micro-blogging site has seen its
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of smartphones, has agreed to buy Harman International Industries for about US$8bn in cash to expand in high-end car audio and connected automobiles. The offer values Harman shares
