Naspers and its European spin-off, Prosus, expect full-year core headline earnings to jump by up to 28%.
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General Atlantic is backing Westcon-Comstor as investor and lender, freeing R7.1-billion for a planned special dividend.
Meta Platforms’ paid WhatsApp messaging tier adds stickers, themes and custom icons for R28.99/month.
Visa is readying South African banks for AI shopping agents, and its OpenAI deal adds further momentum.
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TBD, a digital payment platform owned by Block, is looking to accelerate its global cross-border payments business.
South Africa’s telecoms operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks.
Last week’s solar storm was mild compared to historical storms such as the Carrington Event and the Miyake Event.
British personal computer maker Raspberry Pi has announced that it is considering an initial public offering.
The Yemeni government is holding back repairs on a key internet cable that’s been damaged in the Red Sea.
The Léon Thévenin, a cable repair ship, has set sail to repair damage to internet cables on Africa’s east coast.
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Tencent will shut down its game streaming service, more than a year after Beijing blocked its effort to create China’s equivalent of Amazon.com’s Twitch.
Apple will host its annual developers’ conference in an online format for the third year in a row, from 6-10 June.
Amazon.com is purchasing as many as 83 rocket launches from three providers to deploy the majority of its planned Project Kuiper satellite constellation.
Twitter will name top shareholder and Tesla boss Elon Musk to its board, a day after the billionaire disclosed a 9.2% stake in the social media company.
A South African business empire built up by members of the Gupta family is under pressure as they face a mounting backlash over allegations that they exploited their friendship with President Jacob Zuma to loot billions of rand
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