MTN’s network spending in South Africa fell 17.1% while Nigeria received nearly three times as much in capital investments.
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MTN Group faces a R3.9-billion write-down, cash it cannot move and a stake it cannot sell, just as Washington escalates.
New shareholders have taken up shares in Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa in a transaction valuing the businesses at R14.4-billion.
Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.
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WhatsApp is exploring a new feature that would display advertisements in the app for the first time, the FT reported.
Rain shareholder African Rainbow Capital Investments has valued the wireless broadband upstart at R22.2-billion.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele apologised profusely for a technical “glitch” in Sassa grant payments.
Local schoolchildren have showcased their skills in a new competition aimed at using robotics to clean up the environment.
Pick n Pay has become the latest retailer to allow consumers to buy products on credit using the “buy now, pay later” model.
Tautona.ai, founded by well-known tech entrepreneur John Holdsworth, is using AI in an effort to overhaul the insurance industry.
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BMW has timed its shift to electric cars well and its upcoming products will upend the perception the German car maker is behind on electrification, its top executive said.
PayPal will announce later on Tuesday that it has started allowing US consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay at millions of its online merchants globally.
US robotics company Boston Dynamics on Monday unveiled a new robot called Stretch, designed to perform one very specific warehouse job: moving boxes.
Discord is not new, but talks about a $10-billion sale to Microsoft has the world wondering about this videogame-centric chat app.
Vast Networks, billed as Africa’s first open-access Wi-Fi infrastructure operator, plans big expansion in the coming years as it looks first to consolidate the networks it’s inherited and then expand
Computer game publisher Activision Blizzard has this week announced that it intends to buy King Digital, the makers of Candy Crush Saga, for US$5,9bn. Unlike competitors such as Zynga, King Digital

































