Not all businesses are suffering during the lockdown. When Enrico Ferigolli and Vincent Viviers, the founders of alcohol delivery app Bottles, learnt that government was banning liquor sales, it came as a shock.

MTN Group shares rose more than 4% in Johannesburg on Wednesday after its biggest unit, MTN Nigeria Communications, posted a solid financial report for the first quarter of the year.

Google wants people using its video chat software so badly, the company is now giving it away. Starting on Wednesday, Google Meet, its teleconferencing app, will be available at no cost.

Promoted | Business owners are going to have to introduce upgraded health and safety measures while remaining alert to the legalities and practicalities of new government-imposed regulations. Here’s a guide.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni said the South African economy could contract as much as 6.4% this year due to the coronavirus outbreak and the budget deficit could swell to more than 10% of GDP.

Alphabet shares surged after first-quarter results and upbeat executive comments showed the company’s cloud and YouTube businesses kept growing in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Promoted | Songmics needed an E2E Wi-Fi solution that could provide high-quality coverage and roaming. After several rounds of technical discussion, it chose Huawei’s AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 network solution.

Telkom is introducing a new wholesale product for ISPs that will mean consumers can directly obtain a broadband service from their ISP and will no longer be required to buy a copper line from Telkom’s retail division.

Tracking people infected with Covid-19 has become an important weapon in global responses to combating the virus. But at what cost?

View the latest contribution from TechCentral cartoonist Jerm.