300 The Spar Group’s disastrous trading update on Friday, which saw its shares sink almost 15% on the day, sent the group back to as low as R47 – levels last seen…
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Netstar to watch over every Comrades runner
245 Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron and South Africa’s leading vehicle tracking and telematics provider, has announced a partnership with the Comrades Marathon. Under the campaign banner Keeping Everyone on Track, Netstar…
Moody’s flags risk in Eskom grid split
285 Rating agency Moody’s has cautioned that the planned separation of South Africa’s national electricity grid from Eskom could weaken the utility’s creditworthiness, even as it affirmed Eskom’s credit ratings on the…
The smartphone market is in big trouble
253 The global smartphone market is heading for its steepest annual contraction on record, with shipments projected to slump by 13.9% this year to 1.08 billion units, Counterpoint Research said on Monday,…
Zila Tech rewires Kenyan schools with Google
275 Zila Tech, a Digicloud Africa and Google partner in Kenya, is driving a new approach to education across the country with Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks. Phelomena Siokan, customer success…
Dell guns for MacBook Neo with low-cost laptop
281 Dell Technologies has unveiled its most affordable laptop, an XPS 13 model, as the PC maker aims to capture market share from Apple’s MacBook Neo by attracting students and young professionals….
The remarkable story of Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali
367 Lesaka Technologies’ Lincoln Mali He was once told to leave school and not come back. Today, Lincoln Mali cannot stop collecting trophies. The CEO of Lesaka Technologies is in the middle…
Telkom reports this Tuesday: the real story will be in the detail
294 Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong When Telkom releases its results for the year to end-March this Tuesday, the headline number will look spectacular. The detail beneath it will be more interesting….
Nvidia CPUs to debut in Windows laptops this week
335 AI chip firm Nvidia and software giant Microsoft are this week expected to debut the first Windows PCs that use Nvidia’s chips as the main processor, Axios reported at the weekend,…
Trading with China? Sars explains new zero-tariff export process
328 Sars cautioned that not all products exported to China will automatically qualify for zero-tariff treatment. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has finalised the legal and operational framework needed to implement…