The deal makes MTN the second major South African operator to lean on the Chinese fintech giant for its super-app ambitions.
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The Technology Innovation Agency sold its Kapa stake for $4.9-million months before Roche bought the biotech for $445-million.
Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.
Battery-electric sales jumped 96% year on year in the first quarter, yet they remain a sliver of the market.
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New advisory guidelines from the department of basic education are meant to shield young children from harms.
Telkom credits cost cuts, lower finance charges and data strategy – but prior-year one-offs flatter the comparison.
Mustek minorities will get R15.41 a share, 18.5% more than originally offered, after the regulatory settlement.
PwC says African firms must spend more on AI, but extra investment does not guarantee returns.
SK Hynix has topped $1-trillion in market value, a day after rival Micron Technology achieved the same milestone.
Datatec Group’s underlying EPS jumped 35% as enterprise AI and cybersecurity spending lifted earnings significantly.
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DeepSeek has reportedly rewritten its code to run on Huawei chips and shut US suppliers out of its next flagship model.
Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy satellite group Globalstar as it moves to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink.
Apple reportedly plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival AI services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
OpenAI will begin showing ads to all users of the free and Go versions of ChatGPT in the US in the coming weeks.
