Over 60% of all transactions in South Africa are conducted in cash, and this increases to as much as 90% in rural areas where both informal retailers and low-income levels prevail

Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp will merge its subsidiaries Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT Data, Nikkei Asia Review reported, confirming a report last week by TechCentral about the plans.

The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa has ruled that Vodacom is not in breach of the advertising codes in claiming to have South Africa’s best network in its advertising materials, delivering a setback to rival MTN.

An organisation calling itself the Durban Anti-Cell Mast Alliance on Friday filed papers at the high court in Durban to stop MTN South Africa from rolling out new towers in the coastal city, it said.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, is recovering from a debilitating computer virus but warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact on its factories.

Safaricom has accused Kenya’s telecommunications regulator of failing to enforce investment requirements for smaller competitors in return for their licences, meaning its market share went unchallenged.

Bitcoin slipped below $7 000 to its lowest level in three weeks, as seemingly positive sentiment surrounding the largest virtual currency soured over the weekend.

In this episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week’s biggest tech news, including Apple’s $1-trillion milestone and Liquid Telecom’s spectrum plans in South Africa.

Google wants to get back into China, and is laying the groundwork for a key part of the initiative: bringing its cloud business to the world’s second largest economy.