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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A huge battery energy storage project has won “preferred bidder” status under a government procurement programme.
Software developers far out-earn the average South African, with backend specialists leading the pack.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele has reiterated Sita’s plans to launch a R6-billion broadband project.
Shutting down e-tolls was a multi-pronged battle, fought through the courts, on social media, in parliament, and elsewhere.
New language tools are being built that allow speakers of indigenous African languages to interact with the latest AI apps.
Companies are hiring more freelance or contract-type workers, with demand for scarce skills driving demand.
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Ukraine’s government has raised cryptocurrency worth about R200-million after posting appeals on social media for donations of bitcoin and other digital tokens.
Cutting some Russian banks’ access to Swift will give China the excuse to promote digital versions of its own central bank digital money in global trade and finance.
As Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, another battle was taking place online and over the airwaves.
The hottest spot in crypto right now is coins with prices that don’t move.
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Aren’t you glad you didn’t fly with British Airways this past week? If you had a flight last year August with Delta, you’d also have been stranded, and ditto if you flew American Airlines somewhere in 2015. Twice that for Southwest
