Airtel Africa plans to sell about 4 500 telecommunication towers across five countries including Tanzania and Madagascar to help reduce $3.5-billion of debt and prepare for looming bond repayments.

As bitcoin begins testing levels last seen at the peak of the end-of-2017 bubble, South Africa has yet another cryptocurrency exchange in an increasingly crowded market.

The government has eased the terms of a R576-million bailout given to state defence company Denel for the financial year that ends in March 2021, officials said.

Bitcoin’s surge during US election week has pulled cryptocurrency performance further ahead of major asset classes this year.

Promoted | Helping Africans solve African problems has turned out to be one of the key benefits of a long-standing partnership between IT companies SUSE and Huawei.

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks to Myles Milston, CEO of London-based Globacap Technology, which has received a £4-million investment from the JSE.

Bitcoin is in rally mode once more. Whether it’s uncertainty from the US election, the future of the pandemic or simply more investor interest, the cryptocurrency is at the highest level since January 2018.

South African cryptocurrency traders can expect a tightening tax net in the near future, with the revenue service paying close attention to crypto activity in the country.

The JSE has signed a deal with a company called Globacap Technology to create a blockchain-based private placements platform to allow small and medium-sized firms to raise capital.

The mid-level bureaucrats left China’s richest man waiting as they prepared for a meeting that would send shockwaves across the financial world.