284 ‘Selling and promoting of counterfeit goods is a crime. The punishment for contravening the act is the same for sellers and promoters.’ There is a saying “fake it till you make…
Category: Business
reflecting on innovation, inclusion and the road ahead
286 The author, Honor South Africa CEO Fred Zhou As 2025 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on a year defined not only by rapid technological development, but by meaningful…
Ghana surge puts South Africa’s no 2 MTN ranking at risk
296 MTN Ghana looks poised soon to overtake MTN Group’s home market of South Africa as the second largest by service revenue behind Nigeria, further shifting the group’s centre of gravity to…
Banxso and AfriMarkets reborn under different names?
249UMarketPro and Protea Markets use Mixirite’s FSCA licence, but multiple factors point to links with the banned platforms. The banned contracts-for-difference (CFD) platforms Banxso and AfriMarkets may have had their licences withdrawn…
WeBuyCars delivers strong growth, expands footprint and names deputy CEO
323 WeBuyCars CEO Faan van der Walt WeBuyCars Holdings has reported another year of strong growth, with revenue up 13% to R26.4-billion and core headline earnings rising 15% to R937.6-million for the…
Starlink risks ceding ground to rivals in South Africa amid licensing battle
219 Dominic Cull Ryan Goodnight, senior director of market access and development at SpaceX, told Africa Tech Festival attendees last week that Starlink could launch in South Africa “tomorrow” if four lines…
A R688m lifeline – but no salvation for SA media
263 The Google settlement is a signal that the media sector cannot survive without domestic support. Google’s agreement to pay the South African media industry a combined R688 million over the next…
Adobe and Dax Data drive generative AI adoption in the African market
268 If you make creative content for a living, your work has never been more valuable. Everyone recognises that creativity drives business growth, meaning that the people you work with often want…
MTN SA posts solid post-paid gains as prepaid stalls in fierce market battle
398 MTN South Africa increased the number of post-paid customers on its network in the third quarter of its 2025 financial year, growing the figure by 7.3% year on year to 4.6…
Shoprite jobs platform hires workers closer to home
287 Shoprite Group has developed and deployed a centralised digital recruitment platform that is already changing how South Africa’s largest private employer sources employees. Built in partnership with local technology SME, OTB…