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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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The average post-paid subscriber on MTN’s network consumes 21.9GB of data a month – up 44% year on year.
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed “Operator”.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the SABC Bill is causing major political ructions.
Teraco has raised an R8-billion syndicated loan and announced it will build a 40MW “hyperscale” data centre in Johannesburg.
Technology investor Prosus hopes to list Indian digital payments and lending firm PayU next year.
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Ripple has launched a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, looking to disrupt a market dominated by two incumbents.
Intel and AMD are forming a group to help make sure software works across their chips.
Uber Technologies’ stock jumped after Tesla unveiled a robo-taxi called Cybercab on Thursday in California.
AMD said its latest chips are rolling out to data centres and will exceed some of the capabilities of its rival.
For anyone who cares about a future in which everybody can access the benefits of AI, Meta’s approach is very welcome.
A high-profile industry court case against two AI-powered music generation services could have far-reaching implications.