MTN Group is planning to sell part or all of its R4.2-billion interest in Jumia Technologies as it looks to pay down debt and enter new markets, according to people familiar with the matter.

Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest Galaxy Note smartphone on Wednesday hoping to regain ground against rivals Huawei and Apple as the smartphone market begins to recover from its Covid-19 slump.

Telkom Kenya said on Wednesday it was no longer pursuing a proposed joint venture transaction with the Kenyan unit of India’s Bharti Airtel.

When US President Donald Trump declared TikTok a threat to American national security, there were more than a few people who thought, “What’s that?”

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Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in more than 50 other countries on Wednesday, embedding a new short-form video service called Reels as a feature in Instragram.

Microsoft has confirmed that its mobile streaming videogame service, Project xCloud, will officially be launched on 15 September.

Tencent wants to merge China’s biggest game-streaming platforms, Huya and DouYu International, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would allow it to dominate the $3.4-billion arena.

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented demand that the US get a cut of the proceeds from the forced sale of TikTok is based on an interpretation of law that may be open to challenges.

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