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    Vodacom sees fintech opportunity with VodaPay ‘super app’

    By Loni Prinsloo18 May 2021

    Vodacom Group is expanding its financial and e-commerce services in South Africa through a partnership with AliPay, seeking to accelerate growth in a market hampered by a lack of new broadband spectrum.

    Vodacom raises operating growth target

    By Agency Staff18 May 2021

    Vodacom Group upgraded its medium-term operating growth target to mid-to-high-single digit on Tuesday after reporting a 3.7% jump in full-year earnings.

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    Apple censors apps, stores data locally in China: report

    By Agency Staff18 May 2021

    Apple stores data from its Chinese customers in servers owned by a Chinese state-owned company, potentially making it easy for the government to gain access to the information, the New York Times reported.

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