In what its backers are calling “potentially a world first for a major grocery retailer”, shoppers were for a “limited time” able to pay for their groceries using bitcoin at a Pick n Pay retail store in Cape Town. In a
If you’re an actor or producer in Hollywood, it’s hard to miss the flag Netflix has planted in Tinseltown. Its new 14-storey tower is visible for kilometres in sprawling Los Angeles, topped by the company’s red logo. The smell of popcorn
The South African Social Security Agency said it’s in talks with national treasury to provide additional funding so that it can comply with a constitutional court order and replace Net1 UEPS Technologies as the distributor of
Bitcoin has tumbled, heading for its worst week since January 2015, after people familiar with the matter said China aims to stop exchange trading of cryptocurrencies by the end of September. Regional Chinese regulators were
After helping topple one of Britain’s best known PR companies, South African anti-corruption groups are now targeting US consultancy McKinsey & Co and auditing firm KPMG for doing work for
It’s been a busy week for Apple. While CEO Tim Cook showed off the 10th anniversary iPhone in California, his lieutenants worked half a world away on what may become the company’s largest deal ever. Apple is in talks to invest
Oracle’s streak of revenue gains continued for a fifth straight quarter, buoyed by corporate demand for cloud-based software. Adjusted sales rose 7% to $9.2bn in the fiscal first quarter, exceeding analysts’ estimates, as sales
The City of Tshwane has launched a review application in the high court in Pretoria to have a multibillion-rand contract for the construction of a broadband network set aside, saying the
In this episode of TechCentral, Duncan McLeod chats to Ryan Solovei, executive vice president of Econet Media and CEO of Kwesé Play, which has introduced a new streaming media service
Liquid Telecom sister company Econet Media looks set to introduce a fresh injection of competition into South Africa’s pay-television market, announcing on Thursday that it will bring its