More than 770 million e-mail addresses have been discovered in a database allegedly used by hackers, security researcher Troy Hunt has revealed.

Zimbabwean lawyers and a rights group are going to court to challenge the government’s shutdown of the Internet, which has yet to be fully restored after this week’s nationwide strike.

Some of the brightest minds in America are pooling their brain power to create a cryptocurrency that’s designed to do what bitcoin has proved incapable of: processing thousands of transactions a second.

Microsoft is right not to rush the launch of two Azure data centres in South Africa, because if problems crop up it could tarnish the company’s reputation among local customers, according to International Data Corp.

Government is pushing Eskom, the power utility with R419-billion in debt, to present a credible turnaround strategy before the 20 February budget presentation, a person familiar with the situation said.

WorldRemit, a UK company that specialises in money transfers into Africa, plans a new funding round in the next six months ahead of a potential initial public offering or buyout.