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The finance minister says workshops and road maps have replaced delivery on technology policy.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia’s own full-year target implies second-half revenue could come in well below the first half.
A stronger rand has absorbed almost all of Apple’s US price increase – but only at the cheaper storage tiers.
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A Safaricom-led investor group, which includes Vodacom, has launched mobile services in Ethiopia after securing an operating licence from the government.
Google’s new Pixel phones will deliver improved voice and camera features as the company seeks to better compete with Apple and Samsung Electronics.
Liquid Dataport, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new, Google-owned subsea cable.
Vodacom said on Thursday that it will install solar PV panels at its head office in Midrand, reducing its need for grid-supplied electricity.
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Google is joining rivals Microsoft and Amazon Web Services in establishing a so-called cloud infrastructure “region” in South Africa.
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Boris Johnson said he would not risk Britain’s security when upgrading the UK’s 5G communications network, but said critics of Chinese technology firm Huawei must come up with an “alternative” provider.
Porsche shrugged off widespread industry malaise, reporting record deliveries for last year and predicting that its first all-electric model Taycan will foster further growth in 2020.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is likely to be greeted by an unprecedented show of opposition during his short India visit this week, after thousands of small retailers pledged to protest its pricing practices.
Takeaway.com has won a months-long bidding war for Just Eat, ending a contentious battle with the Naspers spin-off Prosus and creating Europe’s largest food delivery operation.
The decision five years ago to sell Telkom’s 50% stake in Vodacom is “recognised as one of the company’s biggest mistakes”, says chief strategy officer Miriam Altman. But Telkom can’t afford to dwell on the past and needs to focus on building its core fixed-line business and finding a solution to
Standard and promotional prepaid data tariffs across South Africa’s mobile networks show vast differences in the prices consumers can expect to pay. TechCentral has put together a table showing what the four mobile networks – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom Mobile – offering on standard prepaid data
