Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
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Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has compared voice’s decline to the same trajectory SMS followed into irrelevance.
With voice revenue falling and customer growth stalled, Vodacom is struggling to cash in on surging data traffic.
Severe weather has cut power across dozens of Cape towns, with restoration delayed by unsafe conditions.
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Two of South Africa’s biggest trade unions have rejected an improved 6% salary increase offer from Eskom.
Automated dispatch technology is gaining ground in South Africa as crime drives a surge in security callouts.
BluEnergy Trading has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence, allowing it to buy and sell power.
iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice there through a partnership with AWS.
Starlink has intensified its campaign to secure a South African operating licence amid ongoing regulatory delays.
Telkom Group’s mobile business has passed 25 million subscribers for the first time, powered by strong data growth.
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Colossal Biosciences is using DNA and genomics to try to resurrect the dodo, Tasmanian tiger and the woolly mammoth.
Cryptocurrency firm Tether plans to move its headquarters to El Salvador, its CEO said.
SoftBank Group and its majority-owned ARM Holdings are said to be exploring a deal for Ampere Computing.
The EU’s top digital officials have committed to push forward “energetically” with an investigation.
