Legislative changes and lower-cost infrastructure are driving the advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream payments.
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Electricity market liberalisation, new trading rules and grid reform will define renewable energy progress in 2026.
South Africa’s latest trial of digital sound broadcasting – using DRM technology – is set to be launched next month.
The EU has formally rejected a proposal from operators that big tech companies should help pay for infrastructure.
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Microsoft’s pitch, as with its other large gaming deals, heavily leveraged gaming chief Phil Spencer’s decades-long industry experience.
Consumer inflation quickened faster than expected in December to 5.9% year on year, from 5.5% in November, setting the stage for another rate hike.
Investec plans to offer its private banking clients funding to install solar panels and battery storage systems in their homes.
Eskom’s creditors have started working with financial advisory firm Rothschild & Co as the struggling power utility prepares a long-awaited reorganisation.
Vodacom Group’s planned acquisition of Vodafone Egypt from its parent, Vodafone Group, has received the go-ahead from shareholders.
Energy expert Chris Yelland has warned that if Eskom gets its way, the economy will go into “a nosespin”.
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Nasa has revealed a concept of what a future moon lander might look like, as it aims to return astronauts to the moon by 2024.
Google fired four employees for what it said were violations of its data security policies, escalating tension between management and activist workers at a company once revered for its open corporate culture.
Dell Technologies is exploring a sale of RSA Security, a cybersecurity business it hopes could fetch at least US$1-billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk has said hitting the door of Tesla’s new Cybertruck with a sledgehammer damaged its armoured glass which then broke during a failed demonstration of the new vehicle.
Mobile penetration as measured by the number of active Sims in use in sub-Saharan Africa has reached 61% of the population. But this masks the reality that fewer than one in three people in the region actually owns a mobile phone. According to a new research report from
A shake-up of the telecommunications landscape in Africa may be in the offing after US giant AT&T said in an interview with Bloomberg that it was interested in acquiring UK-listed Vodafone. AT&T said, though, that it was not interested in acquiring Vodafone’s operations in emerging markets, but only its
