The deal makes MTN the second major South African operator to lean on the Chinese fintech giant for its super-app ambitions.
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The Technology Innovation Agency sold its Kapa stake for $4.9-million months before Roche bought the biotech for $445-million.
Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.
Battery-electric sales jumped 96% year on year in the first quarter, yet they remain a sliver of the market.
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Fresh from its JSE listing, Canal+ has locked in rugby, football and other premium sports rights for DStv.
NielsenIQ data shows smartphone sales falling as buyers hold onto handsets and trade down as prices tick higher.
Amazon Prime Video subscribers paying R79/month will be auto-migrated onto the cheaper R59 Prime bundle.
The Johannesburg listing comes barely six months after Canal+ delisted MultiChoice, the pay-TV group it now owns.
Microsoft has announced a sweeping set of new initiatives in a push to move beyond apps and remake computing around AI.
ChatGPT hit a billion monthly users in May, faster than any app yet that milestone, Sensor Tower estimates.
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Nvidia has beaten estimates and lifted guidance again, but the shares slipped on questions about AI’s durability.
SpaceX has taken the wraps off its IPO filing, laying bare for investors just how much Elon Musk is losing on AI.
A month after Mythos’s limited launch, cybersecurity practitioners say the hacking threat is more measured than feared.
Pope Leo’s first encyclical takes on AI, with Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah joining the Vatican launch.
Vibe coding and AI agents are upending software development — and the implications for jobs are profound, says iqbusiness’s Morgan Goddard.
National treasury has stepped in to assist the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor.


































