Headline inflation slowed to 4.3% in July, ending four months of acceleration – and beating market expectations.
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Replying to a customer on WhatsApp will start costing business users money from October. Meta won’t confirm how much.
Crypto arbitrage firm Kastelo says every client watched a compulsory video and signed a mandate before any offshore trade.
Absa has said that 1 400 developers use AI coding tools while its chatbot fields 100 000 queries monthly.
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Larry Ellison has re-emerged as Silicon Valley’s rebel billionaire, steering Oracle’s audacious AI-driven comeback.
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.
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After days of drama, Microsoft is discussing a list of governance changes it plans to request from OpenAI’s board.
The global smartphone market has returned to growth after more than two years, helped by emerging markets.
Sony must face a mass lawsuit worth up to £6.3-billion over claims it abused its dominant position.
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will admit violating US laws as part of a $4-billion criminal settlement.
Amazon.com is by far the biggest company in cloud computing. But a new lawsuit shows the extent to which Amazon, which rarely discusses the competition in public, sees Google as a threat.
Politicians and pundits say the world’s largest economies are bound for a seismic “decoupling”. Yet, with businesses harbouring long-term ambitions for these two giant markets, breaking up may be hard to do.
