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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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Netstar said the new facility is the largest real-time vehicle telematics bureau in Africa.
The MeerKAT telescope project has emerged as a beacon of innovation and opportunity on the African continent.
Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati said the current load shedding reprieve has nothing to do with the upcoming election.
Icasa councillor Mothibi Ramusi has been sworn in as the new chairman of the communications regulator.
Itac chief commissioner Ayabonga Cawe said the commission followed all legal and regulatory protocols.
To attract new customers in a tough economy, Telkom has launched a new prepaid fibre solution for R99/week.
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The companies surpassed quarterly revenue expectations this week and posted positive metrics for their ad businesses.
Apple will redesign its TV app in a step towards consolidating the company’s various video offerings, sources said.
Qualcomm has said its new chip for Windows laptops will be faster at some tasks than Apple’s M-series silicon.
Toyota unveiled a Lexus concept car with a roughly 1 000km range on Wednesday that it aims to roll out by 2026.
The Covid-19 pandemic is fuelling a boom for Africa-focused money transfer companies, despite predictions from the World Bank of a historic 20% drop in remittances to poorer countries this year.
At Tesla’s Battery Day event in September, CEO Elon Musk set himself an ambitious target: to produce a $25 000 electric car in three years. Hitting that price is seen as critical to deliver a true, mass-market product.