A sharp cut to the price of diesel should help ease cost pressures across freight, technology and e-commerce.
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South Africa’s banks have built thriving mobile businesses on phone numbers and network identities they don’t control.
A worsening memory chip shortage, deepened by the Iran war, is driving a record decline in smartphone shipments.
The Wi-Fi 8 standard trades the gigabit race for reliability – and Icasa’s new spectrum rules make it matter locally.
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Prosus is selling a 5% Delivery Hero stake to Aspex Management to fulfil European Commission commitments.
The goodwill makes Vodacom’s balance sheet vulnerable to impairment if Maziv fails to deliver expected growth.
Egypt and Safaricom drove a 22.9% jump in headline earnings as the South African business posted only modest growth.
Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.
A row over guaranteed annual payments has reportedly delayed a major Microsoft data centre project.
Many mergers and acquisitions will now escape Competition Commission review – but a senior lawyer sees a tech blind spot.
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The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.
Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
Consumers may soon be able to choose a DStv general entertainment subscription without bundled SuperSport channels.
While appealing for some, artificial selective intelligence is of limited practical use. Unintended hallucinations are one thing, but deliberate delusions are another.
