Naspers and its European spin-off, Prosus, expect full-year core headline earnings to jump by up to 28%.
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General Atlantic is backing Westcon-Comstor as investor and lender, freeing R7.1-billion for a planned special dividend.
Meta Platforms’ paid WhatsApp messaging tier adds stickers, themes and custom icons for R28.99/month.
Visa is readying South African banks for AI shopping agents, and its OpenAI deal adds further momentum.
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Eskom has reported R16-billion in profit after tax for 2025, compared to a R55-billion after-tax loss for the 2024 financial year.
Government plans tighter drone oversight with classification, registration and dedicated air corridors.
Opera Software has launched Neon, an AI-powered browser that can execute tasks and run code inside web pages.
South Africa’s renewable energy programme has grown output by 280% since 2015. But this is still behind rooftop solar.
Spotify founder-CEO Daniel Ek will step down to become executive chairman in January.
The Trump administration has said it supports a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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Cisco said it will cut 5% of its global workforce, or more than 4 000 jobs, and lowered its annual revenue target.
Bitcoin’s 22% year-to-date gain has helped to lift the market capitalisation of digital assets above $2-trillion.
Nvidia eclipsed Alphabet as the third most valuable US company on Wednesday, just after overtaking Amazon.
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett has said the frenzy is beginning to resemble the dot-com bubble.
In a new study, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana, US have shown that pigs can use a digital screen and joystick, operated by their snout, to move a cursor around for rewards.
Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric car maker’s backing of bitcoin could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.
