Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
Amid stiff competition, DStv is cutting hardware costs and letting households split subscription payments.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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The South African Reserve Bank raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% on Thursday, citing increased inflation risks.
MTN Group has exited its investment in Yemen. Its departure from the troubled country is line with its strategy to leave the Middle East and focus on its investments in Africa.
The energy department has cautioned that a retreat from coal must take account of the impact on the economy and the people who depend on it for a living.
Following a “lengthy competitive process”, MTN Group will sell a big chunk of its South African tower portfolio to IHS Towers in a R6.4-billion deal.
Shoprite Group, South Africa’s largest retailer, has quietly launched a basic transactional bank account linked to its Xtra Savings rewards cards.
South African fintech Ozow has raised $48-million in a series-B funding round led by China’s Tencent Holdings.
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Apple’s top communications executive Steve Dowling is leaving the company. Dowling has worked at Apple for 16 years and been in his role since 2014.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said it will repurchase as much as US$40-billion of shares in a new buyback programme and boosted its quarterly dividend by $0.05 to $0.51/share.
Huawei is offering up its most valuable 5G secrets and $1.5-billion to software developers, courting the global tech community at a time the US is heightening scrutiny of the Chinese giant.
Facebook has said it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by the end of the year.
South Africa’s first wind farm was built outside Darling, up the coast from Cape Town. Its four turbines sit on a hill, looking towards the ocean. At peak capacity, they generate 5,2MW, enough to power 700 houses. The only sound they make is a soft whoosh as their giant white blades rotate
Demand for low-cost handsets, regional diversity and differences between developed and underdeveloped areas all mean older, second-generation (2G) mobile technology is set to remain the dominant form of connectivity in Africa for the rest of the decade. This is according to the
