Silicon Valley spent more than a decade finding ways to give company founders more control. When Facebook tried to follow suit, shareholders pushed back. Google started it with a 2004 initial public offering that
Uber Technologies’ potential ban in London is giving new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi an early opportunity to demonstrate a more humble approach to conflict than co-founder Travis Kalanick. Responding to last
National treasury is pressuring the continent’s biggest money manager to provide as much as R100bn to fund struggling state companies, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. The Public Investment Corp, which
German enterprise software giant SAP has undertaken to publish the outcome of an external probe into alleged wrongdoing at its South African unit during the last week of October 2017. In a statement late on Friday, SAP said the
It’s the weekend, and that means it’s TalkCentral time. In this week’s podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the biggest technology news, including the improvements MultiChoice
Debt and corruption scandals at Eskom make the utility the biggest risk to South Africa’s economy and the government needs to replace its management, Goldman Sachs Group has said. Eskom plans to
Uber Technologies’ licence to operate in London has been revoked, a surprise decision that will affect the 3.5m people and 40 000 drivers who use the app in the city. The city’s transportation regulator, Transport for London, said the
It’s been 10 years since Apple unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same
Public enterprises minister Lynne Brown has instructed Eskom to begin legal action against companies including McKinsey & Co over their involvement in disputed contracts at the state-owned electricity
In this episode of TechCentral, Duncan McLeod chats to Pick n Pay information systems executive Jason Peisl about the retailer’s bitcoin trial. In the podcast, Peisl explains why Pick n Pay decided to test bitcoin