Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg came within a whisker of leapfrogging Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person on Wednesday. Zuckerberg, more than half a century younger than the Berkshire
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Vox Telecom shareholders are looking to sell the South African network provider for about R3-billion to take advantage of consolidation in the industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. Owners including
21st Century Fox has accepted a sweetened, $71.3-billion bid from Walt Disney Co for its entertainment assets, outbidding Comcast in a battle for one of the media industry’s biggest prizes. The $38/share price is about
Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram has reached a billion monthly active users. To spur future growth, the company announced a new feature: Instagram television. Anyone will be able to upload videos for Instagram’s new
Gradidge-Mahura Investments turns ten this month. On 26 June 2008, Cipro (as the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission was known back then) confirmed that the business had been registered
Liberty could face massive fines through civil lawsuits or from a government-mandated information regulator after falling victim to a cyberattack by unknown hackers. The financial services firm is fighting to prevent the release
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod talks to Osei Ofosu, research engineer at the CSIR’s materials science and manufacturing division, about a new bioplastics innovation that the institution believes could help save
Ethiopia will split its state-owned telecommunications company and sell stakes in the two new entities piecemeal to international operators, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Ethiopian Telecommunications, or EthioTelecom
The late Monday afternoon announcement that online fashion retailers Spree and Superbalist would merge ought not to have caught anyone unawares. Both e-commerce players are already majority owned by Naspers: it owns
Some Uber Technologies drivers in South Africa have gone on strike as the cost of running cars increases with higher fuel prices. Drivers at the US ride-hailing service gathered peacefully at a public park