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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The tech industry favours technically grounded leaders. Now rapid digitisation is forcing other sectors to follow suit.
The increase was second only to its own $277-billion jump on the day following its previous earnings report in February.
Google has announced it will build a new, high-capacity subsea cable system that connects Africa and Australia.
Work is under way to repair two cable systems that were damaged on 12 May causing internet disruptions across East Africa.
eMedia Holdings said its legal fees rose sharply in the year ended 31 March 2024 as it battled rival MultiChoice Group.
South Korea has announced a $19-billion support package amid “all-out warfare” in chip industry.
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Tom Cruise isn’t simply taking on what appears to be Russian-made fighter jets in his remake of the 1986 classic Top Gun: he’s also angering China.
Decentralised-finance investors are betting on ethereum’s revamp to help thaw out the market’s more than two-months-long crypto winter.
China has released details about the final stages of work on Tiangong, an under-construction orbiter started after the US barred Beijing from participating in the International Space Station.
Bitcoin, stuck in a range around $30 000 lately, has some market watchers wondering if it’s vulnerable to further drops.
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk has insisted in a radio interview that the MultiChoice board must take responsibility to deal with allegations swirling around the pay-television operator. Naspers will only step in if the MultiChoice
Bitcoin entered uncharted territory on Wednesday after breaching $10 000 for the first time, leaving investors to wonder how long the rally will go – and whether it will end in tears. The digital currency climbed as much as
