South Africa’s 5G coverage has surged to 58% nationally but rural areas are being left far behind, Icasa data shows.
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The draft AI policy builds on a 2024 framework and aims to balance innovation with responsible regulation and oversight.
Icasa research shows pay-TV broadcasters are spending more on content and earning less from it as viewers seek alternatives.
Agentic AI is already reshaping South African banking, writes Absa Business Banking CIO Lindelani Ramukumba.
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JSE-listed fintech Optasia has smashed its listing guidance, with revenue up 76% and users climbing 43% to 432 million.
Strong growth in Ghana and Uganda has pushed transaction volumes past the half a trillion dollar mark.
MTN is planning AI-enabled data centres in South Africa and Nigeria as it bets on Africa’s infrastructure boom.
Eskom has marked 300 consecutive days without load shedding, with plant outages down 53% year on year.
Prepaid woes and rising bad debts have dragged MTN South Africa’s earnings down, despite strong enterprise growth.
Meta may cut one in five workers as it pours billions into AI infrastructure and talent, three sources have said.
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X has sued a start-up seeking to cancel X’s Twitter trademarks so it can “bring Twitter back” as a new social network.
Oracle’s revenue and profit forecasts disappoint investors as soaring AI data-centre spending outpaces expected returns.
Nvidia’s older H200 chips have been cleared for China as new Blackwell models remain tightly restricted.
IBM is said to be in advanced talks to acquire data infrastructure company Confluent for about $11-billion.
