254 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group on Wednesday unpacked its Ambition 2030 strategy under the banner “one MTN, three platforms” – with targets to triple its fibre network, grow fintech…
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B-BBEE is imperfect and needs work, says BMF President
139 ‘B-BBEE is not a political instrument; rather, it is a structural economic intervention aimed at remedying historical exclusion.’ It has been argued that the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) remains a…
More pain ahead for bitcoin investors
196 SpaceX’s much-anticipated public listing, set to be the largest ever, will likely keep cryptocurrency prices in the doldrums as retail investors attracted to new and risky AI stocks scramble to get…
Netstar turns vehicle tracking into a data play
205 Netstar, the vehicle-tracking and telematics business owned by JSE-listed Altron Group, is positioning to turn the movement data it collects from more than 2.2 million vehicles into a commercial data product…
Spar CEO acknowledges management mistakes behind retailer’s struggles
143 Spar Group CEO Reeza Isaacs has acknowledged a series of management failures that contributed to the retailer’s disappointing performance, saying costs were allowed to outpace revenue growth and that profitability was…
TechCentral is looking for an experienced sub-editor
128 TechCentral, one of South Africa’s leading technology news publications, is looking for an experienced sub-editor to join our editorial team. This is an on-site role at our offices in Rivonia, Johannesburg….
Visa lays groundwork for AI payments in South Africa
221 Only 23% of South African consumers would trust an AI agent to complete a purchase on their behalf, according to new research from Visa, even as the payments company prepares technology…
Why Dis-Chem is spending hundreds of millions to disrupt itself
173 ‘The alternative is to stay safe and become irrelevant over time’ – CEO Rui Morais. Pharmacy retailer Dis-Chem invested over R300 million last year in its innovation hub, X, bigly labs,…
More speakers, free sponsored sessions at Pan African DataCentres event
174 In just two weeks, the Pan African DataCentres Exhibition & Conference (PADC) returns to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, on 23 and 24 June. Combining a multi-streamed paid-for conference and…
BYD sets its sights on Toyota’s crown
179 Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD, on Tuesday said he expected the Chinese firm to become the world’s largest car maker within five years, as he sought to reassure investors following a…