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Cybersecurity is Shoprite’s top-ranked risk, and the only one whose controls it rates as partially effective.
Standard Bank will buy as much as 4.99% of Nigeria-focused fintech OPay as it files to list in New York.
Shoppers can now buy airtime, data and digital vouchers on Sixty60, with no minimum basket value.
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Shoprite’s first usage data for Pixie has been made available, a week after Pick n Pay launched rival AI assistant Penny.
The engineering that keeps soldiers alive in landmine blasts should protect commuters, too, writes Dithoto Modungwa.
Customers are about three times more likely to use ChatGPT-style tools than company chatbots, Gartner has found.
New DHL research shows sub-Saharan Africa embracing AI shopping tools as local retailers eye global expansion.
Revolving-door ministers and ad hoc political interventions left the State IT Agency unable to function.
Google’s research suggests quantum computers could break crypto’s encryption sooner than anyone previously expected.
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The Nasdaq Composite index is officially in a bear market thanks to US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
There’s virtually nowhere to hide for many US technology companies under Donald Trump’s new tariff regime.
A Cameroon appeals court has ordered the release of MTN’s bank accounts in the country, which were seized in 2022.
China’s BYD enjoyed a strong start to 2025, with sales up 58% in the first quarter compared to a year ago.
The high price of smartphones in Africa, often the result of high taxes, is undermining the continent’s digitisation.
Industry body Ispa has moved to reassure internet users that their members don’t routinely monitor their clients’ online behaviour.

































