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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Netstar and Vodacom Business have partnered to offer “free” Wi-Fi to commuters on thousands of minibus taxis.
Shane Chorley has been appointed as the new CEO of Vivica Group-owned fibre telecommunications operator Frogfoot Networks.
South Africa will exempt Eskom from having to report irregular spending to avoid harming the company’s credit rating.
The acting chairman of Icasa, Charley Lewis, has stepped down from the role but will remain on the regulator’s council.
The bank will provide up to R50-million in energy subsidies to qualifying SMEs, allowing them to finance solar installations.
The South African Revenue Service said ongoing power cuts have had a “debilitating” effect on the economy and revenue collection.
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President Donald Trump said on Friday he would sign an executive order as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok in the US, ratcheting up the pressure on the popular short-video app’s Chinese owner to sell it.
Apple surged over 10% to a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker eclipse Saudi Aramco to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company.
The alleged mastermind behind the 15 July “hack” of Twitter accounts of business titans, celebrities and a former president didn’t need sophisticated hacking tools to pierce the company’s security system.
Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire ARM, the chip designer owned by SoftBank Group, according to people familiar with the matter.
Here they are, TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2014. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for good reasons and bad. Also, check out our International Newsmakers
As is customary at this time of the year, TechCentral is pleased to present its lists of who it considers are the biggest technology newsmakers over the past 12 months, both internationally and in South Africa. We kick it off, as always
