130 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group is preparing a major push into artificial intelligence infrastructure, signalling a strategic shift beyond its traditional telecommunications business. According to a Bloomberg News report…
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Outa seeks to drive final nail into e-tolls coffin
119 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has launched fresh legal action in the high court in Pretoria, seeking an order that roads agency Sanral has effectively abandoned its e-tolls debt claims…
BYD debuts R340Â 000 EV in South Africa
103 Chinese vehicle manufacturing giant BYD on Tuesday unveiled South Africa’s new cheapest electric car, costing just R339 900. BYD, often describes as China’s Tesla – and which is even outselling Tesla now…
TikTok deal signals uneasy middle ground in US-China standoff
129 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced an agreement between the US and China to keep TikTok operating in the US, with three sources familiar with the matter saying the deal…
Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner on the future of banking in South Africa
152 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…
Fintechs and crypto shake Africa’s banking foundations
115 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
110 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
126 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
166 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
106 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…