Government is satisfied that it’s doing enough to unblock the constraints to economic growth, said minister for planning, monitoring & evaluation Jeff Radebe. Briefing the media on the
In the reorganisation of Google into Alphabet, a group of companies that represented the “moon shot” or “other bets” were cemented as separate entities that would have to either fail or succeed on their own merits. Recent reports of at
Metered taxi drivers tried to block Uber partner-drivers outside Johannesburg’s Park Station on Thursday morning. Twitter users on Thursday morning started reporting about the incidents, which occurred outside the train station
Tencent, in which South Africa’s Naspers holds a one-third stake, is discussing the purchase of SoftBank Group’s majority stake in Supercell Oy in a deal that may value the Finnish game maker at
Few schools in South Africa have the ability to roll out effective e-learning programmes because of a lack of understanding of these platforms, says an industry insider. “Despite some pockets of understanding, in our experience
Telkom will merge its enterprise-focused Telkom Business unit into IT group Business Connexion, which it acquired last year for R2,7bn. The merger will create one go-to-market brand and avoid the creation of parallel
An October 2015 report from Juniper found that over a billion phone users would have used their device for banking by the end of last year, and it expected this number to double by 2020. In fact, the uptake in emerging markets
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday affirmed South Africa’s investment grade credit, and surprisingly kept its outlook stable, but it warned that political and growth concerns should be addressed. This follows rating reviews by Moody’s
Uber Technologies started the ride-hailing service in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on Wednesday, continuing an expansion plan that’s seen the company regularly add new markets in sub-Saharan
South Africa recorded a negative growth rate of -1,2% in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures released by Stats SA on Wednesday. Statistician general Pali Lehohla announced the official GDP in Pretoria