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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PayShap Request allows for instant payments using a push notification to a customer’s banking app.
Shenzhen-based BYD claims the new entrant in an increasingly crowded market will be the “most affordable” EV in South Africa.
South African fintech start-up Float has raised R46-million to reshape how consumers use credit cards.
SAP has appointed Nazia Pillay as MD of its Southern African operation. She had been serving in the role in an interim basis.
Cool Ideas has launched a 5G fixed-wireless broadband service, offering up to 1TB of speedy access for R899/month.
Apple’s iPhone Air is the company’s slimmest handset yet and marks the biggest change in eight years.
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xAI is in talks to raise up to US$6-billion at a proposed valuation of $20-billion, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Nasa’s Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity was the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world.
IBM shares jumped nearly 13% to a more than 10-year high on Thursday amid strong demand for its AI services.
Microsoft will let go of 1 900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week.
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100 000 in a year.
The South African Reserve Bank has announced that cheques will not be supported by the country’s national payment system from 1 January.
