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    Africa gets its first electric bus factory

    By Agency Staff11 August 2020

    State-owned Kiira Motors plans to have an initial manufacturing capacity of 5 000 vehicles per year, including buses, starting in July 2021.

    Why it’s Twitter, not Microsoft, that should be buying TikTok

    By Agency Staff11 August 2020

    Let’s be blunt. It makes no sense for Microsoft to buy TikTok. Even founder Bill Gates, who no longer has an active role, sees TikTok as a “poisoned chalice”. By Tim Culpan.

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    Statistics South Africa is set to conduct a trial of the first digital census. The Census 2021 trial will test online and telephonic data collection to prepare for remote data collection in next year’s census.

    Tencent shares fall further as worries about US action persist

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    Tencent added to Friday’s sharp decline to start the week, helping lead weakness in technology shares after the US’s move to ban residents from doing business with the company’s WeChat app.

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    Huawei to stop making Kirin chips as US pressure bites

    By Agency Staff8 August 2020

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    MTN mulls sale of stake in Snapp, Iran’s Uber

    By Loni Prinsloo8 August 2020

    MTN Group is considering selling its stake in Iran’s ride-hailing app Snapp as it trims its e-commerce portfolio and plans an exit of the Middle East.

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