Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, whose push into mobile payments spurred a five-fold increase in the Kenyan company’s value, died after a battle with cancer. He was 61.

Government is putting the final touches on a R230-billion bailout package intended to get its debt-stricken state power utility back on track. Except it won’t be nearly enough.

Japan’s NTT Corp has launched NTT Ltd following the merger of NTT Communications, Dimension Data and NTT Security into a single, $11-billion business. It will be headquartered in London and led by Jason Goodall.

Thinking of jumping into bitcoin? If this week’s boom and bust trading didn’t scare you away, you might want to do so on a Saturday or Sunday.

Google and Facebook are in a race to surround Africa with high-capacity subsea broadband infrastructure, with the former announcing that the first phase of its project, which will connect South Africa to Portugal, will be ready for service in 2021.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering whether to back a proposal to improve troubled Eskom’s debt terms by closing polluting coal plants early to make way for renewable energy.