Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this year, its director of IT said in a recording.

Fibre-to-the-home operator Octotel, which was recently acquired by emerging markets investment firm Actis, is boosting customer line speeds at no cost, it said on Friday.

A patch of virtual land in the blockchain-based online world Decentraland sold for more than R13-million on Thursday, in a record purchase for the platform.

European antitrust regulators are set to open a formal investigation into Google’s digital advertising practices, people familiar with the matter said.

A floating gas-turbine generator meant to alleviate South Africa’s crippling power cuts has run into objections by oyster farmers and small-scale fishermen.

Turnover at the entertainment chain peaked in the year to 31 August 2010 at R952-million. It closed all remaining stores at the end last month, after announcing the decision in January.

The JSE-listed technology group known to most people as Altron, but which is technically Allied Electronics Corporation, is changing its name … to Altron.

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The debacle surrounding South Africa’s bid to secure emergency power supplies has highlighted a dysfunctional energy policy that’s subjecting the country to intermittent blackouts.