Tech accelerator and incubator Founders Factory Africa has struck a deal with healthcare provider Netcare Group to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale health-tech start-ups in Africa.

Bitcoin’s 60% rally since May recalls the heady 2017 surge that made cryptocurrencies part of the public consciousness. But while prices are going a crazy, the pop culture zeitgeist isn’t quite as giddy.

S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Cell C’s debt rating further after the troubled mobile operator amended a private “airtime facility” agreement that the agency described as being “tantamount to a selective default”.

South Africa has laid out a timeline for the restructuring of Eskom and pledged that creditors of the state-owned electricity company won’t suffer losses, according to a fund manager.

Combined gross fraud losses on South African-issued bank cards soared by 18% in 2018, compared to the previous year, and totalled an astronomical R873.4-million, industry body Sabric said on Wednesday.

Bitcoin’s furious run is starting to look more and more like it did at the height of crypto-mania two years ago.