The alliance banking deal lets South Africa’s biggest retailer expand its financial services without becoming a bank.
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MTN says it and Cell C have not agreed on certain terms of their commercial relationship.
ACT’s Nomvuyiso Batyi explains why South Africa’s telcos won’t back Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
A new chief digital officer and strategy head complete six senior appointments at the troubled State IT Agency this financial year.
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Telkom is just weeks away from announcing the sale of its masts and towers business.
Ellies Holdings has announced plans for a rights offer, seeking to raise R120-million from investors.
South Africa expects more than 5.5GW of additional renewable energy projects to come online by 2026.
MTN Group on Tuesday hinted strongly that it remains interested in buying Telkom.
Convergence Partners Investments is rebranding as Solcon Capital and will focus on investment in South Africa, India and Southeast Asia.
MultiChoice Group said strong subscriber growth and profit elsewhere in Africa offset poor market conditions in South Africa.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth passed $100-billion for the first time on Thursday after Facebook hit a record on optimism about the release of its TikTok competitor Reels.
Washington’s plan to ban certain technologies of Chinese origin is a sign of “madness” in US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, China’s state-backed tabloid Global Times wrote in an editorial on Thursday.
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.
It was another busy year in South Africa’s technology industry. From the drama at the SABC to the drama over the splitting of the department of communications, it’s been an interesting news year, but a frustrating one for the sector. We know what our favourite stories were in 2014
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