South Africa’s largest retail bank by client numbers says the roll-out has moved well past the experimental phase.
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Capitec Connect users now call each other for free. It’s the latest blow to a product category that once built empires.
Capitec Connect will now offer free on-net calls and consumer financing for smartphones.
Eskom is working with Nersa to develop a framework to monetise a daytime surplus created by the boom in rooftop solar.
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BankservAfrica is rebranding as PayInc in a move that signals an intention to reshape South Africa’s digital economy.
Ford’s South African unit plans to lay off more than 470 employees, the Solidarity trade union said on Thursday.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up, xAI, has released a new “speedy and economical” agentic coding model.
The Reserve Bank is keeping a watchful eye on developments in stablecoin legislation in the US and elsewhere.
Blue Label Telecoms’ share price has plunged by more than a quarter in the past two days.
The South African Reserve Bank is a big step closer to concluding its acquisition of 50% of BankservAfrica.
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Traders are eyeing Apple after its stock slid below a critical psychological threshold on Tuesday.
Apple’s troubles in the EU are just beginning, even after it was hit with the third largest antitrust fine ever doled out by the bloc.
Meta Platforms experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday that lasted more than two hours.
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year on year in the first six weeks of 2024, while Huawei sales jumped 64%.
Apple and Microsoft are both looking to dominate the next big things in tech – from artificial intelligence and cloud computing to gaming, tablets, custom processors and mixed-reality headsets.
For now, Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk has managed to figure out a short-term fix for his problem. Eventually he’ll need to think longer term. By Alex Webb.
