Google will be fined about €4.3-billion by the European Union over apps for Android mobile devices, setting a global record for antitrust penalties, according to a person familiar with the EU decision.
Liquid Telecom has appointed Ahmad Mokhles as group chief operating officer, a new position within the pan-African telecommunications group.
Cryptocurrencies extended their rebound on Wednesday as bitcoin traded above $7 500 for the first time in a month, shrugging off security and regulatory concerns that have plagued the digital currency.
Entrepreneur Thabo Molefe – better known as Tbo Touch – will launch a video-on-demand streaming platform later this year called THD. The platform will showcase original South African – and African
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Touch HD founder Tbo Touch about his life, his business, #datamustfall and his next big venture. Touch – born in Sharpeville in 1981 – talks about his big
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Stripe co-founder John Collison, who in 2016 became the youngest dollar billionaire in the world. Collison, who founded Stripe with is brother Patrick, talks
Harry Pokrandt spent the last year scouring the Earth for real estate with two main characteristics. He needed cold weather, to keep his computer servers cool, and cheap electricity, to keep them running 24 hours a day.
Netflix stunned Wall Street by attracting fewer subscribers than expected last quarter, renewing concerns that the video-streaming service has become an investment bubble. The shares plunged as much as 15%.
MTN Group has sold 100% of its subsidiary in Cyprus for R4.1-billion. The Johannesburg-listed emerging-markets telecommunications group said on Monday before markets opened that it had sold the business
Facebook bestrides the Earth. It attracts nearly 1.5 billion users a day, commands a fifth of global online advertising revenue and has a market capitalisation that exceeds the GDP of many countries. But breaking it up is the wrong approach.