China is shaping how open-source technology is developed, licensed and deployed.
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Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago signals a payments bill that will treat fintechs like banks on like activities.
Shoprite has closed its R&A Cellular deal, taking 51% of the point-of-sale platform serving spaza shops.
Wiocc Group is raising $300-million from AFC and Saudi Arabia’s Vision Invest, its biggest round yet.
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Takealot says Amazon.com’s plans to launch its e-commerce business in the country show the market is poised for growth.
FNB has expanded its partnership to allow access to the US internet payments platform via more of the bank’s digital channels.
Mark Barnes, the former Post Office CEO who 18 months ago proposed a solution to bail out the failing state-owned entity, is not giving up.
Eskom will reduce supply by 6GW until further notice after a unit at Medupi failed.
Despite a R2.4-billion February bailout from national treasury, the Post Office is struggling to keep its head above water.
Plant breakdowns have plunged South Africa back into stage-6 load shedding.
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The Trump administration’s move to ban US residents from doing business with Tencent’s WeChat app rippled through Chinese markets, erasing $46-billion from the Internet giant’s market value.
Facebook on Wednesday for the first time took down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to purge “untrusted” Chinese apps from US digital networks and called TikTok and WeChat “significant threats”.
It looks like a real pay-television subscription, with familiar shows, advertisements and even a customer service line. But the product, known as a pirated Internet protocol TV service, is illegal.
Africa’s network operators need to make a New Year’s resolution that they will work to make their data cheaper for their users and improve the quality of their networks. Data creates significant revenue challenges for Africa’s mobile operators, and they must be prepared
There is no quick fix for the rolling blackouts, Eskom’s financial issues and its maintenance backlog, so South Africans will have to learn to “live with it”, an energy sector analyst said on Friday
