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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Pick n Pay has added its clothing range to its asap! app as it pushes to build a retail super app.
TymeBank is overhauling its retail footprint by rolling out dedicated customer hubs in malls across South Africa.
Vodafone will start using Amazon Leo to connect mobile base stations in Europe before rolling it out through Vodacom.
South African tech retailers have warned of further price hikes as global chip shortages squeeze RAM, SSD and GPU supply.
Palo Alto Networks, the world’s largest pureplay cybersecurity company, said it is betting big on South Africa.
Brent crude jumped 10% to $80/barrel on Sunday as the US and Israeli strike on Iran sparked fears of $100 oil imminently.
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X went down for thousands of users on Monday, with owner Elon Musk blaming a cyberattack.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve.
US President Donald Trump is poised to meet next week with leaders of some of America’s largest tech companies.
A US court has denied Elon Musk a preliminary injunction he was seeking against ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
