Two government agencies have moved within hours of each other to knock down reports of system compromises.
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Pepkor’s pivot from selling cellphones to financing them has seen FoneYam’s rental book swell to R2.6-billion.
Altron walked away from multiple deals before declaring a R500-million special dividend, according to CEO Werner Kapp.
Netstar, FinTech and HealthTech now generate 95% of Altron profit as legacy IT services revenue keeps shrinking.
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Geopolitics, rising infrastructure costs and growing incidents of cyber fraud are top of the GSMA’s agenda.
Apple retailer iStore has opened pre-orders for Apple’s new MacBook Neo at R11 999 for the 256GB model.
AI rivals will be allowed on WhatsApp for a year, Meta said, aiming to head off a possible order from EU antitrust regulators.
MultiChoice will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most ambitious streaming experiments.
Improving mobile network experience involves a country’s entire connectivity ecosystem, according to Opensignal.
Capitec’s new AI-powered Pulse tool cuts call centre handling times by up to 18% by prepping agents in advance.
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Tesla touted a record quarter in terms of vehicle and battery sales. Somehow that translated to the opposite for its financials.
T-Mobile and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are currently testing the Starlink cell network on a trial basis in the US.
Google has accused EU watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record fine.
Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for US users of the platform.
Industry body Ispa has moved to reassure internet users that their members don’t routinely monitor their clients’ online behaviour.
Some African governments are spending vast sums on mass surveillance of their own citizens.

































