France stuck to its plan to tax big multinational technology companies, defying US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might impose tariffs on French wine.

Released five years after Icasa tried to license access to the spectrum for broadband services, the final policy is not dissimilar to what the communications regulator originally intended.

Eskom is challenging the South African energy regulator in court over a tariff increase the state-owned utility says isn’t sufficient, Mining Weekly reported, citing court papers.

Nedbank Group is in talks with about 1 500 employees over potential job cuts at the lender’s retail and business banking division to cope with a struggling economy and increased competition.

Millions of young people are turning their personal Instagram accounts into “business” profiles to learn more about how their posts are performing. The trend has an unintended privacy consequence.

The problems of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises are in the headlines every day. Yet many have existed for over 80 years.

US President Donald Trump has promised to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on Internet giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has asked Icasa to ensure that preferential access to spectrum is given to a new wholesale open-access network while opening the way for spectrum to be released to commercial operators.

Communications regulator Icasa has issued an invitation to apply for a tender to help it value high-demand spectrum bands ahead of a planned assignment of the valuable radio frequencies.

MTN Nigeria has published strong maiden results as a listed company, with operating margins expanding significantly on the back of good service revenue growth.