Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
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Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has compared voice’s decline to the same trajectory SMS followed into irrelevance.
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.
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MultiChoice has blamed a “challenging consumer environment” for a 9% slump in active subscribers.
Standard Bank’s mobile virtual network operator has partnered with MTN for network services.
Cell C has announced plans to sell 44 of its 47 company-owned stores as it moves to a franchising model.
Telkom expects to report an improvement of about 200% in full-year normalised headline earnings per share.
TymeBank is raising $150-million to build scale as it prepares for an initial public offering, its CEO said.
Average monthly capacity additions from February to April dropped to 26MW from 97MW a year ago.
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There aren’t many silver linings to be found in the cryptocurrency crash. One welcome casualty is the army of laser-eyed social media “influencers”.
Ether and bitcoin reached their highest levels in 10 days on Sunday as the market showed some signs of stabilisation.
Shares of China’s Tencent fell as much as 2.5% after Prosus and Naspers said they would gradually sell shares in the firm.
Amazon.com wants to give customers the chance to make Alexa, the company’s voice assistant, sound just like their grandmother – or anyone else.
It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The US and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over US objections, raising concerns
As cloud storage becomes more common, data security is an increasing concern. Companies and schools have been increasing their use of services like Google Drive for some time, and lots of individual users also store

































