Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
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With voice revenue falling and customer growth stalled, Vodacom is struggling to cash in on surging data traffic.
Severe weather has cut power across dozens of Cape towns, with restoration delayed by unsafe conditions.
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has compared voice’s decline to the same trajectory SMS followed into irrelevance.
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Improving mobile network experience involves a country’s entire connectivity ecosystem, according to Opensignal.
Capitec’s new AI-powered Pulse tool cuts call centre handling times by up to 18% by prepping agents in advance.
South African e-commerce platform Bob Group has appointed Anita Erasmus as CEO designate.
South African firms face higher rates of malicious insider activity than global average, a new Mimecast report has found.
AI adoption across the jobs value chain is causing a seismic shift in the education-to-jobs pipeline.
Syria has launched an international tender for a new mobile network operator licence to replace MTN.
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CATL, the top maker of batteries for EVs, has won Hong Kong’s approval to proceed with a listing in the city
Netflix is testing new search technology for subscribers that employs AI to help them find TV shows and movies.
Apple has managed to dodge its biggest crisis since the pandemic — for the moment, at least.
Apple stepped up production in India in an effort to beat President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sources said.
