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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Volkswagen’s top executive in South Africa said uncertainty about power supply is limiting its ability to expand.
The first tranche of severance packages for retrenched employees of the state-owned entity is being paid on Friday.
Bash, the online retail platform built by Superbalist co-founders Claude Hannan and Luke Jadeyekin for TFG, is proving to be a success for the retailer.
Many point-of-sale terminals in circulation in South Africa support only 2G and 3G networks and must be replaced.
Meta Platforms has launched its first AI-driven ad targeting programme for businesses on WhatsApp.
The ANC will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its president, Cyril Ramaphosa,a said.
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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone’s data subsidiary is joining forces with Toyota to develop connected cars that can collect and share data.
Bitcoin fell on Wednesday to a new 18-month low, dragging down smaller tokens with it, as the recent tumble in crypto markets showed no sign of letting up.
Apple’s run as a $3-trillion stock proved fleeting. Now its grip on a $2-trillion market value is looking wobbly, too.
Billionaire Bill Gates has dismissed cryptocurrency projects such as non-fungible tokens as shams “based on the greater-fool theory”.
Bitcoin’s recent wobbles have given fresh urgency to a question that’s gripped market observers for much of the past year: will the cryptocurrency go down as one of history’s most infamous bubbles, alongside tulip mania
If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is sincere in a recent post about gradually taking the media element out of “social media”, he’s striking a powerful blow for tech self-regulation, as well as preparing to pay a heavy price for

































