The banks cannot reach South Africa’s R197-billion informal retail market. Three other contenders think they can.
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The retailer has launched a shoppable video feed in asap!, its second app feature in two months.
Nasa’s Nancy Grace Roman telescope launches Sunday on a mission to explain dark energy and dark matter.
Despite the potential swing, the era of Nvidia surprising everyone with 20% moves looks to be over.
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A threat by Eskom to begin cutting electricity supply to Joburg has been met with an angry response from the city.
Investec is launching a payments system for its corporate clients to process high-volume, low-value payments.
The reviews are in, and Apple’s new M4-powered Mac mini is getting a whole lot of love. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
In a major escalation over unpaid debt, Eskom has warned it may soon start interrupting power supply to Joburg.
Standard Bank has experienced a data breach involving a senior employee, who is now facing a disciplinary process.
A new report from BMIT shows the MVNO market is poised for further strong growth in the next five years.
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Meta Platforms said it would notify roughly a million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised.
Shares of Safaricom surged more than 9% on Friday after it secured a mobile financial services licence in Ethiopia.
Signs are piling up that the tech downturn may be deeper and longer-lasting than feared.
Samsung Electronics flagged a worse-than-expected 32% drop in quarterly operating earnings on Friday.
In November, at the half-year stage, I highlighted that Telkom was facing crises on a few fronts and that only one part of its business – mobile – was firing on all cylinders. With full-year numbers available, certain trends are clearer
More and more Kenyans are connecting to the Internet, most frequently from mobile devices. There are, of course, big benefits to increased connectivity. These include the rise of mobile money transactions and access to
