The US is using offtake deals and state funding to challenge China’s dominance over African critical mineral supplies.
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Layered digital identity systems emerge after sharp increase in South Africa’s real-time ID verification fees.
IT sector salaries are showing signs of a resurgence following a dip in recent years, according to Pnet.
Vumatel has hit one million fibre subscribers, reaching the milestone far faster than Telkom’s ADSL did in South Africa.
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The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 3% on Friday, capping its worst week since the financial crisis. It’s now fallen 22% since its August record.
The richest people on Earth lost $511-billion (R7.4-trillion) this year after record first-half gains were obliterated by a succession of bruising market selloffs.
Liquid Telecom South Africa plans to spend billions of rand building a national 4G/LTE network in South Africa, and it will offer wholesale roaming services to other operators from early 2019, it said on Friday.
The labour court has issued an order, with the consent of ex-Vodacom exployees, to enforce their restraints of trade after reports emerged in November that they were working with rival MTN South Africa.
Shares in Tencent jumped in Hong Kong on Friday morning amid reports that China had reopened the door for new game titles. Traders should curb their enthusiasm.
Shares in Tencent jumped as much as 4.2% after Chinese media reported that regulators have resumed approving games, signalling a potential end to a hiatus that’s chilled the world’s biggest gaming industry.
