Nigeria and Uganda are now closed, leaving Uber in just six African markets after four exits.
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ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi answers Wapa’s Paul Colmer on the operators’ rural infrastructure exemption application.
The regulator has imposed R10-million in penalties and 20-year debarments over trading in shares in September 2022.
The new model has been launched, targeting enterprise customers as Anthropic builds a lead ahead of its expected listing.
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The SABC has secured the rights to broadcast all 52 games of the upcoming 2023 African Cup of Nations tournament.
The electricity minister is finally getting authority over the board and management of Eskom on ending blackouts.
MultiChoice Group has announced the launch of SuperSportBet, a new betting platform aimed at sports fans.
South Africa needs a massive power plant construction programme to ensure adequate electricity supply up to 2050.
South Africa’s updated energy blueprint envisions more than 100GW of new generation capacity being built by 2050.
The new key is the first change to the Windows keyboard since the addition of the Start button 30 years ago.
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Shares in both Naspers and its European spinoff Prosus tumbled on Tuesday, following Tencent’s sharp fall after a Chinese state media article described online videogames as “spiritual opium”.
When China began opening up to investment four decades ago, many expected that as its economy became more capitalist, its politics also would become more democratic. They didn’t.
Tencent shares were on track to fall by their most in a decade on Tuesday after a Chinese state media outlet branded online videogames “spiritual opium”.
Bolt Technology, which competes with Uber Technologies in Africa and Europe, doubled its valuation to €4-billion after raising money to finance a grocery delivery service.
Competition has broken out among telecommunications operators in South Africa as a result of an open-access policy intervention, being the prices which operators pay to access customers on other networks: the call termination rate. Prepaid mobile voice
The South African retail banking sector is characterised by high barriers to entry. The sector is concentrated, with four of the largest banks – Standard Bank, Absa, First National Bank and Nedbank – accounting for more than 80% of retail































