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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MultiChoice Group, with the assistance of law enforcement authorities, has conducted anti-piracy operations in Gauteng.
Lobby group Outa has accused Eskom of relying on price increases instead of improving operational efficiencies.
South Africa’s private sector maintained its growth trajectory in October, bolstered by a decline in costs and selling prices.
Microsoft has reached $1-million giveaway levels of desperation to attract users to Bing. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
Some urban centres in Africa are already at capacity, Elon Musk said on Monday.
Altron has reported a more than doubling in its operating profit in the six months to end-August.
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The Tesla CEO needs to excite the masses about where the company is headed the way he has in the past, writes Dana Hull.
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The Facebook parent’s biggest content moderator in Africa, Sama, is ending its services to the US tech giant.
Apple is planning to start using its own custom displays in mobile devices as early as 2024 in a blow to Samsung and LG.
More than a decade into the era of prevalent social networks and smartphones, people still have no way to make informed choices about how to safely conduct their lives online.
Telecommunications carriers have long grumbled that they spend a fortune building the world’s data networks only to watch the US technology giants reap most of the benefits. Now they fear Silicon Valley will take away their customers, too.
