The deal makes MTN the second major South African operator to lean on the Chinese fintech giant for its super-app ambitions.
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The Technology Innovation Agency sold its Kapa stake for $4.9-million months before Roche bought the biotech for $445-million.
Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.
Battery-electric sales jumped 96% year on year in the first quarter, yet they remain a sliver of the market.
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Reunert has announced it will merge IQbusiness and +OneX to create a single, client-focused IT integration business.
The company says increasing demand for its turbines shows that the local wind energy sector is growing.
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This could exacerbate copper supply deficits towards the end of the decade, commodity trader Trafigura said.
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Airbnb is suspending its operations in Russia and Belarus, CEO Brian Chesky said in a tweet on Friday morning.
Business software giant Oracle has suspended all operations in Russia, while rival SAP has announced it will pause all sales in the country following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Apple will host its annual spring (our autumn) product launch event on 8 March, the iPhone maker said late on Wednesday.
A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid.
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