Two Southern African nations switched on sovereign digital trust anchors this past fortnight, ahead of South Africa.
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MTN Group’s third quarter pre-tax profit rose 14.7% year on year, supported by demand for its data and financial services.
MTN Group’s latest quarterly results show that its South African operation has taken market share from rivals, it said on Friday.
Takealot Group is pushing further into townships and growing its new grocery partnership to defend its market share, its CEO said.
Semiconductor giant Nvidia will launch its GeForce Now cloud gaming platform in South Africa in 2023 in a deal with Rain.
The new Eskom board is expected to undertake a full assessment of the efficiency of leadership at Eskom, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
China’s TCL Technology, a direct competitor to Hisense Group, is eyeing a bigger slice of the South African smartphone market.
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US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the US soon will announce new regulations related to crytocurrency and digital payment systems.
Essential Products, a smartphone start-up founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, has shut down. The company said it “made the difficult decision to cease operations”.
The wireless industry scrapped its biggest annual showcase after the coronavirus outbreak sparked an exodus of participants, roiling telecommunications companies just as they’re preparing to roll out new 5G services.
Intel has become the latest high-profile technology company to withdraw from upcoming trade show Mobile World Congress over concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
Controversy-plagued SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is going nowhere if his boss — the only person who can fire him — has her way. SABC board chairman Ellen Tshabalala said this week: “Hlaudi is diligent and very capable. The members of the board are right behind
Facebook is stumping up US$19bn in cash and shares to buy popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp, which has 450m active monthly users and which is adding a million new users a month. The deal could have been driven, at least in part, by a “potentially massive threat from the
