South Africa’s largest banks have successfully swapped an asset via a blockchain network, set up among themselves. The banks – Absa, Investec, Nedbank, Rand Merchant Bank/First National Bank and Standard Bank
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has fallen out with her deputy, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, it was reported on Sunday. Ndabeni-Abrahams, who was deputy minister of communications under both Dina Pule and Yunus Carrim before
Corruption, an arrogant leadership and faction fighting are tearing at the soul of the ANC, according to an internal report presented to the top leaders of the party after its worst-ever electoral performance. “The ANC is bleeding, with every Sunday full of headlines
Elon Musk showcased his ambitions to make Tesla Motors a clean-energy behemoth on Friday, unveiling a new “solar roof” product at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. As the sun set, Musk told hundreds of guests gathered in an outside
One thing about the 2016 US presidential race is undeniable: Donald Trump has lied or misled at an unprecedented level. Over 70% of his statements, according to Politifact, are “mostly false”, “false” or “pants on fire false”. (Hillary Clinton is at 26%.) His latest whopper
A group of South African entrepreneurs has launched a venture capital (VC) company that will invest in early-stage start-ups and nurture them through each phase of their growth cycle with the aim of eventually readying them to
It’s podcast time! In this week’s show, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the big Apple and Microsoft keynotes – the new MacBook Pros, the stunning all-in-one Surface Studio PC from Microsoft and the next big update
Not a week goes by without a new round of 4G/LTE roll-out announcements. This week it was Glo expanding its reach in Nigeria and Zantel providing mainland coverage in Tanzania. The supply side for increased bandwidth
European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service while they are investigating the privacy policy changes the company announced in August. The Article 29 Working Party
Uber’s GM for sub-Saharan Africa, Alon Lits, shares some insights with Nastassia Arendse into the company’s expansion plans. Uber Africa’s emergence as one of the continent’s more reliable transit