Podcast | Stellenbosch-based start-up 6DOT50 is hoping to help consumers spend bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in retail stores and online in South Africa, making it easier to use crypto money for purchases.

As Sipho Maseko begins his orderly and well-telegraphed exit from the Telkom CEO position, a first quarter financial update from the telecommunications provider contains a few more worrying signs.

Ethiopia’s revived plan to sell a second telecoms licence to international operators received an early setback as MTN Group isn’t likely to resubmit a bid, according to people familiar with the matter.

JSE-listed IT services group EOH Holdings plans a secondary listing on A2X Markets, with its shares to available to trade from Friday, 13 August.

At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. On closer inspection, it’s anything but.

South Africa experienced 650 hours of load shedding in the first half of 2021 (15% of the time), shedding an estimated 963GWh of estimated energy, according to a new report from the CSIR.

Apple plans to scan iPhones in the US for imagery showing child abuse, the Financial Times reported. The move raises startling questions about privacy and corporate surveillance of millions of people’s phones.

Ether held near two-month highs on Thursday ahead of a major adjustment to its underlying Ethereum blockchain that would alter the way transactions are processed.

Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm sold 31 250 shares of the electric vehicle maker for more than $22-million, according to a new regulatory filing.

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