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Liquid Telecom raises R12.4-billion in bond sale
Liquid Telecom, majority owned by African telecommunications tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840-million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.
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Big banks back Vox fibre roll-out plan with new funding
Vox has secured new debt facilities, lead-arranged by Investec and also involving Standard Bank and Rand Merchant Bank, to allow it to ramp up its deployment of fibre broadband infrastructure.
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MTN hires Citi, Standard Bank for South African towers sale
MTN Group has appointed Citigroup and Standard Bank Group to advise on a sale and leaseback of some of the carrier’s South African telecommunications towers, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ian Doyle
Set your users free and learn to love ‘shadow IT’
Given the high levels of digital skills and ambition in your workforce, how can you equip employees to create their solutions, with limited involvement from IT? By Standard Bank’s Ian Doyle.
Banking
No more cheques in South Africa as Reserve Bank pulls the plug
The South African Reserve Bank has announced that cheques will not be supported by the country’s national payment system from 1 January.
Banking
Standard Bank ramps up IT spending to fend off fintech rivals
Standard Bank Group is planning to scale up some of its operations and further digitise its systems to fend off fintech firms encroaching on its client base.
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Standard Bank’s Nanda Padayachee on why AI ethics shouldn’t be an afterthought
Promoted | Standard Bank Group’s head of artificial intelligence, automation and application programming interfaces, Nanda Padayachee, shares how his teams are building ethics into the AI development process.
CxO Insights
TechCentral’s CxO Insights: Meet Standard Bank’s Emmerentia du Plooy
Just because the world of work has changed forever, it doesn’t mean that governance and policy should go out the window, says Standard Bank head of information risk governance Emmerentia du Plooy.
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Income tax, corporate tax and VAT unlikely to rise, despite crisis
Finance minister Tito Mboweni said national treasury has no plans to boost income tax, corporate tax or VAT even as the coronavirus decimates the nation’s finances.
Banking
Local banks face deepest profit slump in 50 years
South African banks face the steepest earnings slump in half a century – with some posting losses – as measures to curb the coronavirus drag the economy deeper into recession.