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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NBCUniversal is acquiring a 30% stake in Showmax as part of a plan to build the leading streaming platform in Africa.
The province plans to facilitate the construction of almost 6GW of power generation capacity to counter nationwide electricity shortages.
Vodacom South Africa has announced it will hike subscription prices for its popular Red tariff plans from 1 April.
Microsoft has reached a deal with Africa’s Liquid Intelligent Technologies as part of its goal of expanding Internet access on the continent.
MetroFibre Networx has announced massive speed upgrades for its clients along with big price cuts on high-end packages.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce a minister of electricity and a reshuffled cabinet “in a matter of days”.
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The severity of Apple’s challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to become clear. And it’s not looking good.
An asteroid more than a mile wide is set to make a pass by Earth on Wednesday, although scientists insist it poses no danger.
Alphabet said in a regulatory filing that CEO Sundar Pichai was awarded $281-million (R5.4-billion) in compensation last year, making him one of the world’s highest-paid executives.
Apple said it found no evidence of cyberattackers exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities in the Mail app for iPhone and iPad, software used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Vumatel, the company that recently won the project to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband in Parkhurst in Johannesburg intends rolling out fibre to as many as 200 000 homes in the next three to four years at a cost of between R2bn and R3bn. The company, which is led by CEO Niel Schoeman
Last week, Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, made startling revelations about secret wiretaps that allow government agencies to listen into and record live telephone conversations. These revelations come a year after American whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of US and UK
