South Africa’s banks have a structural advantage telecoms operators cannot cross. They may not have long to use it.
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Contactable CEO Shaun Strydom argues telecoms operators, not banks, will drive digital identity adoption.
Amazon’s R59/month Prime bundle costs less than Prime Video alone once did. There’s method to this madness.
South Africa’s banks built their MVNO defence around voice. But the war has moved to data, where telcos hold the advantage.
Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong sees at least four to five more years of data-driven growth, and not only on mobile.
Telkom has guided to a 45-55% earnings jump when it reports this week, but base effects complicate the picture.
MTN and Vodacom together move over $1-trillion through mobile money – but their fintech playbooks are diverging.
Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon delivered strong service revenue growth for MTN, lifting group Ebitda to R27.6-billion.
Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.