DJ Zinhle’s Bestie Connect is a prepaid mobile network on MTN, aimed squarely at her followers.
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Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
MTN won or shared 10 of 16 Opensignal awards to keep its best-network title, though Vodacom leads on 5G speed.
Democrats’ midterm election sweep have sent shares in US tech giants soaring.
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The SIU has filed for leave to appeal a court judgment in favour of Telkom over a probe ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
MTN Group has signed an initial agreement with global payments giant Mastercard to sell a minority stake in its fintech arm.
South Africans are increasingly turning to WhatsApp for calling as the mobile operators struggle with load shedding.
Founders Factory Africa has secured $113-million in additional funding to assist tech start-up founders across Africa.
MTN South Africa will soon cough up the money still owing to the communications regulator from last year’s spectrum auction.
MTN shares jumped 10% in early trading on Monday after it said its fintech business had been valued at $5.2-billion.
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Microsoft’s cloud computing business slightly re-accelerated and its Teams collaboration software won new users, as a pandemic-driven shift to working from home drove quarterly results ahead of investor targets.
Semiconductor designer AMD said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx in a US$35-billion all-stock deal, intensifying its battle with Intel in the data centre chip market.
There’s no shortage of superlatives for Ant Group’s initial public offering. Here’s a look at some of the key metrics, and why billionaire Jack Ma seems to be such a fan of the number eight.
The Trump administration lost a bid to enforce its prohibitions against the Chinese-owned “super app” WeChat in the US after appealing a judge’s ruling that the ban probably violates the free-speech rights of its users.
The man who runs state education in South Africa’s richest province has no time for old-fashioned classroom accessories. In January, Panyaza Lesufi, who heads the education portfolio in Gauteng
Most do not associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to the potential and usefulness of space technology. In sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and South Africa are

































