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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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iPhone 15 models sold outside the US will continue to have a physical Sim tray in addition to supporting eSim technology.
The first electrons of clean energy have been wheeled over Cape Town’s grid by Growthpoint Properties and Etana Energy.
More than 600 000 beneficiaries were affected by the recent system failure at Postbank, cabinet ministers have confirmed.
WhatsApp is exploring a new feature that would display advertisements in the app for the first time, the FT reported.
Rain shareholder African Rainbow Capital Investments has valued the wireless broadband upstart at R22.2-billion.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele apologised profusely for a technical “glitch” in Sassa grant payments.
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The chatbot battle is heating up, and Mark Zuckerberg is making it clear that Meta Platforms is focusing on artificial intelligence-powered tools, too.
Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab, a report said.
MWC Barcelona is the scene of a fight between Big Tech companies and telecoms operators over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband.
The GSMA has announced a new united interface that will give developers universal access to all of their networks.
Good luck to potential investors in Uber Technologies’ coming initial public offering. Multiple advanced degrees might be needed to figure the company out.
Julian Assange’s uncomfortable six-year stay at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is at an end. The Wikileaks founder should be now legally cleared or convicted – just not in the US.