US technology giants are increasingly dominating the stock market in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, even as they draw accusations of unfair business practices. Some investors fear the pump is primed for a tech-fuelled sell-off.
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Ten years after it launched its first mobile offering in the form of 8ta, Telkom has surpassed Cell C to become South Africa’s third largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers.
The JSE has publicly censured Ayo Technology Solutions and imposed a R6.5-million fine on the controversial technology group after it published a series of “false and misleading” financial statements.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has relented in her fight with parliament over Icasa and has appointed a sixth councillor, Kgosie Matthews, to the communications regulator.
Cell C’s largest shareholder, Blue Label Telecoms, is confident a recapitalisation of the mobile operator will be completed in the coming months and that this will put it on a new growth trajectory.
Lombard Insurance Company suffered a data breach through a cyberattack last month, according to several statements published on its website.
Massmart said on Thursday its first-half headline loss widened to R1.1-billion, as sales at its stores fell due to Covid-19 restrictions. E-commerce, on the other hand, blossomed through the lockdown.
For at least two years, I’ve been calling out Xiaomi for pretending be an Internet player when it really just makes smartphones. It took a global pandemic for the Chinese company to finally realise its vision, sort of.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has left the company, less than three months after he joined the hit short-video app, and US GM Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis.
Naspers-backed cryptocurrency platform Luno is expanding into Australia as bitcoin rallied 59% this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.