Chery has agreed to acquire Nissan’s Pretoria plant, opening the door for Chinese vehicle manufacturing in South Africa.
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Digital IDs will form the foundation for other government departments to digitise their services.
Watts & Wheels explores the rapid rise of Chinese brands in South Africa, BMW’s response and the future of local manufacturing.
Telecoms industry lobbyists claim Europe’s latest regulatory moves show the “Fair Share” debate is far from settled.
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You’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, the Honor brand of smartphones. This Huawei-owned marque has set its sights on rapid growth in the South African market – and worldwide.
EOH Holdings has renamed its ICT services business iOCO, the JSE-listed technology group said in an update to shareholders on Thursday.
Nasa’s planet-spotting telescope has uncovered another three planets, which scientists say include the first nearby super-Earth.
Insurer Discovery is accusing a rival of using its incentive programme without permission, authorisation Liberty Holdings says it doesn’t need.
First National Bank is introducing sweeping changes to its eBucks Rewards programme for business from 1 September, it said on Thursday.
Telkom will terminate fixed-line copper services for prepaid customers with effect from midnight on 31 July 2019. The next step will involve ending copper-based post-paid services, including DSL.
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Cameroon has offered mobile operator Viettel a year’s monopoly on the operation of the country’s first 3G network. But Viettel is no ordinary operator. It’s owned by the Vietnamese government and operated by its ministry of defence. Readers will recall I wrote about the wholesale network and landing station monopoly enjoyed
Independent mobile infrastructure provider IHS has completed its acquisition of more than 1 200 network towers from MTN. It has bought all of the mobile group’s towers in Zambia and Rwanda. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. IHS subsidiaries in Zambia and Rwanda acquired ownership and
United Arab Emirates telecommunications firm Etisalat said on Monday that it has raised €3,15bn to fund the acquisition of French media giant Vivendi’s 53% stake in Morocco’s main provider, Maroc Telecom. The funds were raised with a group of 17 international, regional and local banks in the UAE. “Financing consists of
On the streets of Lagos and across God-fearing southern Nigeria, it’s not uncommon to see people with a leather-bound Bible in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. But the Good Book’s days could be numbered – in printed form at least – if 25-year-old Kayode Sowole’s idea takes off. The computer science student
