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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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The merged entity has received a brand refresh as Reunert’s combined IT integration business.
The state-owned utility said the increase is needed to prevent it from returning to the authorities for further financial help.
The deal with Karpowership to supply electricity to the country is “dead in the water”, the electricity minister said.
Despite the regulators’ fascination with new technologies, local banks seem to remain fairly cautious about their adoption.
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South Africa’s Capitec Bank was a victim of the global outage caused by a rogue software update.
Netflix added more than eight million subscribers in its second quarter following a password-sharing crackdown.
Former US President Donald Trump vowed to end government support of electric vehicles on his first day in office.
Gremlins have hit Windows machines and online services worldwide, with Capitec reporting major problems.
The high price of smartphones in Africa, often the result of high taxes, is undermining the continent’s digitisation.
Industry body Ispa has moved to reassure internet users that their members don’t routinely monitor their clients’ online behaviour.