This week’s jump in bitcoin prices revived themes well known to the digital currency that inflated then burst less than two years ago. Among them: enormous volatility and exchange overloads.
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Tech accelerator and incubator Founders Factory Africa has struck a deal with healthcare provider Netcare Group to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale health-tech start-ups in Africa.
Among Facebook’s justifications for introducing a new digital currency, libra, the company has offered one pious rationale: to connect the 1.7 billion adults who lack bank accounts to the global financial system.
The pressure on Eskom to curb emissions is yet another reason why the utility has become the biggest headache for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Bitcoin’s 60% rally since May recalls the heady 2017 surge that made cryptocurrencies part of the public consciousness. But while prices are going a crazy, the pop culture zeitgeist isn’t quite as giddy.
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Cell C’s debt rating further after the troubled mobile operator amended a private “airtime facility” agreement that the agency described as being “tantamount to a selective default”.
Combined gross fraud losses on South African-issued bank cards soared by 18% in 2018, compared to the previous year, and totalled an astronomical R873.4-million, industry body Sabric said on Wednesday.
Bitcoin’s furious run is starting to look more and more like it did at the height of crypto-mania two years ago.
Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency has taken a lot of criticism from Western government officials and media commentators – but it’s not meant for them.
Bitcoin continued its stellar rally on Wednesday, surpassing the $12 000 level for the first time in almost a year and a half.