Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
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Higher turnout suggests ANC voters showed up but backed other parties, says Oxford Economics Africa.
Gene editing and AI are behind several of this year’s medical advances, but not all.
EXSA, already licensed to trade locally, now wants to move electricity across Southern African borders.
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National Transmission Company South Africa has named the contractors that will help “accelerate infrastructure roll-out”.
IHS Holding is exploring a potential sale of its towers businesses in Rwanda and Zambia.
NTT Data has launched an end-to-end offering aimed at the retail sector as it defines its strategy for the local market.
A US development agency will be one of the main investors in a new round as Liquid seeks to raise $225-million this year.
Inflation fell more than expected in July, opening the way for interest rate cuts from next month.
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File-sharing service LimeWire, which shut down in 2011 under fire from the music industry, is making a comeback as a digital collectibles marketplace.
Amazon.com is launching a live audio app designed to reinvent radio by letting people become DJs, playing songs and chatting with listeners.
A senior Netflix executive said the company had no current plans to offer a streaming option that included advertising but declined to rule it out in the future.
Apple has unveiled a faster silicon chip for a new desktop, a high point in Apple’s move to power its devices with microprocessors designed in house.
Eye-watering returns, surging prices and market capitalisations to rival some of the world’s largest companies make cryptocurrencies hard to ignore. Bitcoin, the original and arguably most well known cryptocurrency
Bitcoin’s astronomical rally has cryptocurrency bulls feeling vindicated. Not so fast, sceptics say. The digital currency’s more than 100% surge in the past two months looks eerily familiar, argue the bears
