Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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One of South Africa’s leading computer scientists weighs on the significance of the first sub-1nm chip.
South African operators have agreed interim measures to curb Sim fraud while pressing government for Rica reforms.
A network built to be the cheapest is now keen to show it can be among the fastest.
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WeBuyCars plans to offer its AI-powered Inspectify vehicle inspection platform to the broader used-car market.
South Africa’s banks are taking divergent paths on AI, with Investec insisting people, not machines, define the institution.
Africa Finance Corporation has committed up to $100-million to tech fund managers to deepen local venture capital.
Africa Bitcoin Corporation, formerly Altvest Capital, is moving its JSE listing from AltX to the main board.
Microsoft estimates 23.1% of working-age South Africans use generative AI – well ahead of the rest of the continent.
State-aligned Iranian media is floating a plan to charge the world’s tech giants rent on subsea cables in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Mastercard is in talks to acquire crypto start-up Zerohash for between $1.5-billion and $2-billion, Fortune reported.
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s export controls that ban Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China.
Nvidia has agreed to pay $1-billion for a stake of 2.9% in Nokia as part of a deal focused on AI and data centres.
Apple topped $4-trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third Big Tech company to hit the milestone.
