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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National treasury paid nearly R1-billion to Oracle South Africa for the financial management system at the heart of the probe.
Telkom is hiking prices across many of its retail and small business products, including fibre and DSL internet services.
Mike Silber is joining MTN as group executive for regulatory affairs, effective 1 April.
Telecel Group has bought two West African units from MTN Group as it scales operations ahead of a future listing.
TechCentral has a look at the largest solar energy projects in South Africa and the technologies they employ.
Opposition parties’ fortunes will be boosted on election day if they offer credible and effective alternatives to load shedding.
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A Wall Street analyst has highlighted AMD’s growing market share, a strong portfolio of computer chips to rival that of Intel and a relatively cheap stock price.
Bitcoin miners are feeling the heat – and the pain’s rippling downstream to pressure prices.
The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple €5-million on Monday, the fifth such penalty in successive weeks in a row.
Bitcoin dropped to a more than two-week low, tumbling along with equities as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine weighed on risk appetite.
South Africa has, in the past, been credited with taking on innovative corporate governance standards and integrated reporting. So, it’s particularly depressing to see the spectacle around the country’s largest state-owned enterprise, power utility Eskom
News today is that after selling out on launch in the UK, HMD Global has announced that the Nokia brand-licensed model 3310 will be launched in South Africa soon. MTN South Africa has indicated that the device will be available for R699 in mid-June
