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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Walmart’s decision to launch own-branded stores in South Africa ups the ante in the highly competitive retail sector.
Government has appointed BMIT to craft a new funding model for the struggling public broadcaster.
The iPhone 17 line-up will be cheaper in South Africa than the iPhone 16 series was at launch – thanks to a stronger rand.
A new report by Standard Bank CIB shows that fintechs are taking the fight to traditional banks in sub-Saharan Africa.
Online retail as a percentage of total retail sales in South Africa is poised to breach the 10% mark for the first time.
Pnet says demand for employees skilled in the use of AI has surged 77% in South Africa in the past year.
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The new images from the Webb telescope offer new clues on star formation as well as galactic structure and evolution.
Neuralink’s first human patient received an implant from brain-chip start-up Neuralink on Sunday.
Microsoft’s early lead in AI has the company’s stock market value poised to pull decisively ahead of Apple’s in the coming years.
X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the singer proliferated online.
Late on Monday, Uber Technologies announced plans to sell its self-driving unit to start-up Aurora Innovation. It was the right move.
In 2021, hundreds of millions of people will be vaccinated against Covid-19. But the success of that vaccination campaign will depend heavily on public trust that the vaccines are not only effective, but also safe.
