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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Octotel has displaced MetroFibre as South Africa’s highest-rated large fibre network operator among ISPs.
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A dreadful macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with regulatory challenges, continue to exert huge pressure on the business.
Hyundai has unveiled a new hydrogen-powered vehicle called Initium as part of its broader push into the clean-burning gas.
South Africa has pledged to slash emissions across its fleet of coal-fired power plants.
Communications regulator Icasa must play a role in stopping legacy 2G devices from entering the local market, Cell C has argued.
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Ant Group’s founder Jack Ma will give up control of the Chinese fintech giant in an overhaul that seeks to draw a line under a regulatory crackdown.
Several big solar panel makers are ramping production in a boon to clean energy.
The dismal profit estimate by the world’s largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker sets a weak tone for other technology firms’ quarterly results.
Hackers stole the e-mail addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said.
It is nearly impossible to imagine Tesla without Elon Musk – its chairman, CEO, largest shareholder and public face. But the SEC’s lawsuit on Thursday has raised questions about the executive’s future.
A judgment by the constitutional court that compels former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini to pay 20% of the legal costs associated with the social grants fiasco out of her own pocket is a significant development.
