Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of an additional interest in Safaricom, taking majority control.
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Telkom mistook dominance for permanence and lost to mobile; the mobile operators now face the same test.
Takealot is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way.
Former DA leader Tony Leon has denied his firm improperly lobbied ministers for clients including Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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MTN Group has swung from a loss to a profit as Nigeria and Ghana drove a 67% surge in earnings.
MTN Group will spend up to R6-billion buying back and cancelling its own shares over the next three years.
South African start-up AirhostSwap lets Airbnb hosts swap their empty nights for stays at properties worldwide.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia has smashed its listing guidance, with revenue up 76% and users climbing 43% to 432 million.
Strong growth in Ghana and Uganda has pushed transaction volumes past the half a trillion dollar mark.
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Bitcoin surged to a record high on Monday as investors leaned towards Donald Trump winning the US presidential election.
Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses with an internal study of products currently on the market.
The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday.
Misleading claims by Elon Musk about the US election have amassed two billion views on X, according to a report.
Crypto hasn’t yet caused a real-world economic meltdown, but regulators are right not to let this crisis go to waste.
Advances in providing Internet access to people in Africa are worth celebrating.

































