Nedbank Group has announced the resignation of its group chief information officer, Ray Naicker.
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Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada has acknowledged that Showmax has been a significant drag on MultiChoice’s financial performance.
Canal+ says its MultiChoice acquisition will unlock multibillion-rand cost synergies as it targets scale across Africa.
Cloud inertia in government could stall digital reform and leave South Africa behind in the AI era, Microsoft has said.
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New smartphones, wearables and smart home gadgets will be unveiled later this week when the IFA technology convention takes place in Berlin.
Facebook is considering a test to stop showing the number of “likes” that posts get in an effort to reduce the competitive pressure of social media.
South Africa averted a second recession in as many years after economic growth rebounded in the second quarter.
Shareholders in telecommunications company Vox, including Rand Merchant Bank, have agreed to buy out fellow investor Investec as part of a R2-billion recapitalisation of the company.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has criticised national treasury’s discussion document on growing South Africa’s economy, suggesting the document’s chapter on telecommunications is outdated.
South Africa should quicken the process of spinning off one of Eskom’s units as a first step toward overhauling its operating structure, according to two people familiar with the options being presented to the government.
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