Growth came mainly from low-margin Microsoft and Sage distribution, and flat costs did the rest.
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MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
A home affairs credential could spare South Africans repeat payment onboarding, says DIDx’s Lohan Spies.
South Africa’s big financial firms call artificial intelligence a growth driver, yet benefits are rarely tracked properly.
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Google’s AI moves are its latest effort to fend off growing competition from start-ups like OpenAI.
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance wants the upper 6GHz band available for “unrestrained” Wi-Fi operations.
Elon Musk has sharply attacked South Africa’s BEE legislation, describing it as “utterly wrong and improper”.
The Special Investigating Unit is poised to launch an investigation into the State IT Agency.
South Africa plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of BEE laws ahead of a high-pressure meeting with US President Donald Trump.
High subscription rates are undermining South Africans’ propensity to save for a rainy day, says Standard Bank.
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Qualcomm’s shares sank 7% on Thursday after the chip designer signalled it would take longer for its crucial smartphone market to rebound.
Vodafone and CK Hutchison are close to agreeing to a £15-billion combination of their UK businesses.
AI will be dangerous in the hands of unscrupulous people, according to Microsoft chief economist Michael Schwarz.
AMD shares slumped after the chip maker forecast quarterly sales below estimates due to a weak PC market.
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest blog post talks about making Facebook and its Internet hangouts more of an intimate digital “living room” rather than a raucous public town square.
As new banks with radically different cost structures enter the market, the question is whether South Africa’s large banks are well placed to respond to the digital onslaught.
