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    VW gearing up to launch electric cars in South Africa

    By Staff Reporter19 February 2020

    German car-making giant Volkswagen is preparing for the introduction of its electric vehicle line-up on South African roads through the local launch of the e-Golf pilot project.

    MultiChoice launches Innovation Fund

    By Staff Reporter19 February 2020

    MultiChoice Group has created an Innovation Fund to invest in small businesses in the video entertainment and technology sectors.

    For other tech megacaps, it’s like Apple’s warning never happened

    By Agency Staff19 February 2020

    If the US stock market is like a giant stone wall whose structural integrity depends entirely on the sturdiness of five tech megacaps, it didn’t act like it on Tuesday.

    Dell sells RSA Security for $2.1-billion

    By Agency Staff19 February 2020

    Dell Technologies has sold one of its cybersecurity units, RSA, for $2.1-billion, part of the computer maker’s efforts to streamline its business.

    MortgageMarket: SA’s first independent online marketplace for home loans

    By MortgageMarket19 February 2020

    Promoted | MortgageMarket is South Africa’s first independent online marketplace for home loans. Watch this video to learn more about how the home loan industry has been slow to adapt to digital and MortgageMarket aims to change that

    South African inflation rate rises to seven-month high

    By Agency Staff19 February 2020

    Consumer-price growth quickened to 4.5% from 4% in December, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. The median estimate of 19 economists was for 4.6%.

    Grim start to the year for South African tech shares

    By Staff Reporter18 February 2020

    It’s been a grim start to 2020 for some South African-listed technology companies, which have seen their shares battered on weak earnings updates and negative investor sentiment.

    Cell tower battery theft scourge continues despite some progress

    By Staff Reporter18 February 2020

    MTN South Africa said on Tuesday that it’s some making progress in fighting the scourge of cellphone tower battery theft, though the problem is far from being overcome.

    South Africa’s ‘energy war room’ to meet for first time

    By Agency Staff18 February 2020

    South Africa’s Energy War Room, a grouping of the main cabinet ministers responsible for the power industry, will meet for the first time this week since being reconstituted by President Cyril Ramaphosa in December.

    Tech start-ups called to accelerate healthcare management in Africa

    By Sanofi18 February 2020

    Promoted | South African innovators in the fields of health and medical technology have a chance to present their inventions to global investors and tech leaders at Viva Technology 2020 in Paris.

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