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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South African payment service provider PayFast has been sold to Kenya’s DPO Group in a cash and shares deal. PayFast management, including MD Jonathan Smit, will become shareholders in the Nairobi-based company.
Blue Label Telecoms’ Blue Label Ventures has invested in technology start-up Mobii Systems, which provides rugby match analysis to teams and coaches to help them plan their game strategies.
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to the highest level in at least 11 years in the second quarter as mining and finance shed jobs and more people were looking for employment.
There has been an alarming rise in incidents of battery theft from cellphone towers in South Africa and urgent action is needed to address the situation, MTN said on Monday.
Embattled state power utility Eskom will be temporarily led by Jabu Mabuza, its chairman, who will take over the roles of interim executive chairman and acting CEO starting from next month.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has appointed President Ntuli as its new MD for South Africa, effective 1 August, it said on Monday.
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Mobile money system M-Pesa, a service that originated in Kenya through Safaricom, in which Vodafone has a 40% stake, is making its way to Europe for the first time. The service is be introduced in Romania, reportedly the first time a mainstream mobile money service has made
Text messaging may be dying out as a means of communication in many parts of the advanced world, but it may yet prove to be a vital life-saver in flood-prone African villages. An early-warning system that aims to capitalise on the explosive growth of mobile phone
Ethiopia is using foreign technology to spy on citizens suspected of being critical of the government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Tuesday. The report accused the government of using Chinese and European technology to survey phone calls
Somalia will be getting access to next-generation 4G/LTE services through Glocall Telecoms LLC, which has announced plans to deploy a network in Mogadishu. Glocall Telecoms and its subsidiaries plan to deploy the 4G network to schools, government buildings, businesses and individuals. Somalia is one of the world’s least connected
