218 Hylton Kallner Discovery Bank is cementing its place as a serious digital challenger bank in the South African market. In its full-year results released published last week, for the period to…
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Fintechs and crypto shake Africa’s banking foundations
170 Rapid changes in the payments landscape across Africa are challenging traditional banks, which are being forced to adapt quickly to new modes of facilitating transactions such as mobile money and cryptocurrencies….
DA presses ahead with proposal for South African Cyber Commission
164 The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach The DA is intensifying its efforts to create a Cyber Commission, with news on Tuesday that it has tabled a private members bill in parliament to this…
iPhone 17 price surprise in South Africa
185 The price of the iPhone 17 series in South Africa will be lower than the iPhone 16 line-up was at launch — the second year in a row that Apple’s smartphones…
South Africa’s telecoms sector has a customer sentiment problem
239 The telecommunications sector scored lowest in customer sentiment compared to other major industries in 2024, according to the PwC South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index, produced in collaboration with DataEQ. “Sentiment data…
BMIT hired to develop new funding model for the SABC
157 Communications minister Solly Malatsi The department of communications & digital technologies has appointed BMI-TechKnowledge Group (BMIT) to develop a new funding model for the SABC in what could prove to be…
Naspers to implement five-for-one share split next month
224 Naspers has declared and finalised a five-for-one subdivision of both its “N” and “A” shares, saying the move will make the stock more accessible to retail investors. The implementation will kick…
MultiChoice begins restructuring ahead of Canal+ takeover
158 MultiChoice Group has kicked off the reorganisation of its South African operations, a key condition set by the Competition Tribunal before French media giant Groupe Canal+ can proceed with its R55-billion…
Rolling Stone owner sues Google over AI Overviews
207 The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit…
AI boom puts Africa at a crossroads
177 Last week, Prof Arthur Mutambara, director of the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for the Centre of Knowledge, launched his new book, Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals….