South Africans will spend R159-billion online this year, but the growth rate is set to fall from 35.4% to 22.5%.
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Discovery is paying up to R958-million for Icario, a US member-engagement firm serving government health plans.
Nigeria and Uganda are now closed, leaving Uber in just six African markets after four exits.
South Africa’s financial services sector regulator has debarred Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Warren Wheatley.
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The ongoing power crisis is starting to threaten one of the fundamental drivers of South Africa’s digital economy: Internet access.
Ellies Holdings has agreed to buy 100% of Bundu Power, a company that specialises in alternative power solutions, for a maximum R202.6-million.
Lulalend has secured R600-million in new funding through a series-B round it has described as “transformational” to its business.
US chip maker AMD on Tuesday posted revenue that beat Wall Street targets and said it expected business to improve in the second half.
The company will build a utility-scale solar farm capable of generating 100MW of power after raising R11.8-billion in funds to assist with its expansion plans.
The council of communications regulator Icasa has appointed Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo as the authority’s new CEO, replacing Willington Ngwepe.
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Slack posted slowing quarterly sales growth, disappointing investors who had expected a surge in demand for its workplace messaging app as companies adopt remote working tools.
The Telsa CEO has called for Amazon.com to be broken up, after an author complained on social media about being unable to self-publish a book via the world’s largest online retailer.
Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to fall by 11.9% this year – their biggest annual drop ever – indicating things are going to get worse for the industry before they get better.
The University of the Western Cape has introduced a new model for Village Telco’s Mesh Potato telecommunications device that promises to make the technology sustainable in the long term in rural communities. Village Telco was incorporated by Steve Song in 2011 during a three-year stint
With the high number of accidents affecting cyclists in South Africa, a new invention by a Stellenbosch-based technology company called iKubu, which alerts bike riders of what’s happening around them, is likely to be a welcome
