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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Standard Bank has confirmed the phased roll-out of smart ID application and renewal services at select branches.
Court documents show the US-headquartered company’s assets were seized as part of an ongoing legal dispute.
A new app called We Need Milk wants to cure “basket blindness” by showing shoppers the true cost of their groceries.
Absa has tapped the man behind M-Pesa’s continental expansion to lead its personal banking franchise.
Paramount CEO David Ellison is doubling down in his relentless pursuit of Warner Bros Discovery assets.
Wiocc Group predicts further market consolidation as subsidiary OADC’s deal for seven NTT data centres is concluded.
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The US is poised to launch its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, sources said.
A senior official at Uganda’s finance ministry downplayed the extent of the losses.
Namibia has ordered Starlink to cease all operations, saying the service is operating without the required licence.
Offshore hackers stole R305-million from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.
Some of the world’s biggest advertisers are experimenting with using AI to cut costs and increase productivity.
For a brief period, BlackBerry was the king of smartphones. Then hubris – and the iPhone – destroyed it all.

































