109 MTN South Africa has launched Pi, a fully digital network operator that runs on MTN’s infrastructure but operates as a standalone brand – the first to carry what the group calls…
Category: Tech
Starlink fires back after Namibia rejects licence bid
88 Starlink has hit back at Namibia’s decision to reject its licence application, calling the regulator’s characterisation of its non-compliance “misleading” and urging Namibians to request a formal appeal. In a statement…
Standard Bank moved R164-trillion in payments in 2025
84 Standard Bank processed more than R164-trillion in payments in 2025, cementing its position as the continent’s largest transactional franchise and underlining the scale of its African payments infrastructure. The bank handled…
WTO showdown looms over e-commerce tariff moratorium
75 World Trade Organisation members are meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon this month to decide the fate of a longstanding global agreement that bans customs duties on electronic transmissions such as digital downloads…
MTN Group shakes up board with five new directors
118 MTN Group has announced a significant overhaul of its board of directors, appointing five independent non-executive directors as part of what it described as comprehensive succession planning. The appointments, effective 31…
Anoosh Rooplal on the Post Office’s last stand
106 The South African Post Office has been in business rescue – a form of bankruptcy protection – since July 2023. Business rescue practitioners Anoosh Rooplal and Juanito Damons have made it…
Global crackdown on children’s screen time gathers pace
99 Britain has told parents to curb young children’s screen time, advising no screens for under-2s and up to an hour a day for 2- to 5-year-olds because prolonged solo use can…
The real reason Absa wrote off R2.4-billion in software
95 Absa CTIO Johnson Idesoh Absa Group’s decision to take a R2.4-billion software impairment hit for the year ended 31 December 2025 is not solely because of AI – itself an accelerator…
Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment has arrived
103 Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a jury in the US has ruled. The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to…
Apple plans to open Siri to rival AI services
105 Apple plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival AI services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT, according to a report. The move, expected as part of Apple’s iOS 27…
