DJ Zinhle’s Bestie Connect is a prepaid mobile network on MTN, aimed squarely at her followers.
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Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
MTN won or shared 10 of 16 Opensignal awards to keep its best-network title, though Vodacom leads on 5G speed.
Democrats’ midterm election sweep have sent shares in US tech giants soaring.
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Steven Levy on why Microsoft, at 50, is still a force to be reckoned with. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
TechCentral readers will remember our participation in a recent road trip across South Africa in five EVs. Now there’s an equally epic documentary about the four-day event.
Nkosana Makate’s legal team has slammed arguments by Vodacom that his idea was diluted by MTN’s launch first of a similar product.
The “please call me” drama is finally nearing its conclusion, 16 years after Nkosana Makate began his legal fight with Vodacom.
WhatsApp is finally tackling spammy messages from business accounts. This and more news in today’s instalment of Bookmarks.
Nvidia’s revenue forecast on Wednesday disappointed Wall Street, raising questions over whether the AI boom is waning.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the blockchain’s software transition is unlikely to be significantly impacted even if miners continue to use the Ethereum Classic chain.
Elon Musk at the weekend challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform.
Amazon.com will acquire iRobot in an all-cash deal for about $1.7-billion, the robot vacuum cleaner maker said on Friday.
Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organisations.
First National Bank’s deliberate move to aggressively shift transaction to its mobile app from other digital (and physical) channels is paying off handsomely. If recent trends are sustained – and there’s no indication that they
What makes Uber Technologies the most valuable venture-backed technology company in the world? Investors say size and growth. The business is transforming global transportation networks. On closer inspection of its

































