133 Last week, world leaders whose ideological and political dispositions chime with China descended in Beijing for the country’s Victory Day military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World…
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Stafford Masie to lead bitcoin charge at Altvest
170 Stafford Masie Altvest Capital – soon to be renamed as the Africa Bitcoin Corporation – has appointed Stafford Masie, previously its lead independent director, as executive chairman and tasked him with…
South Africa in talks with Chinese car makers to boost local production
163 China’s car makers like BYD are fast gaining traction in the South African market South Africa is in talks with Chinese car makers to encourage them to invest in local production,…
Fintech start-up Float unlocks R46-million in new funding
136 Float founder and CEO Alex Forsyth-Thompson South African fintech start-up Float has raised US$2.6-million (R46-million) in new funding for local expansion, to enhance its proprietary technology and to prepare for international…
Eskom kicks off EV roll-out, targets full distribution fleet electrification by 2035
135 Agnes Mlambo Eskom has purchased 20 electric vehicles, ranging from light delivery vehicles to light trucks, as it pursues a long-term plan to electrify its entire fleet. It said on Wednesday…
TymeBank rolls out PayShap Request for merchant partners
157 Digital challenger bank TymeBank has introduced a PayShap Request payment option that third-party payment service providers can offer to merchants to use with their clients. According to a statement by the…
BYD takes the wraps off its sub-R400Â 000 EV for South Africa
142 The BYD Dolphin Surf will cost less than R400 000 in its entry-level configuration Chinese automotive giant BYD is set to shake up the local electric vehicle market with the launch…
Nazia Pillay is new SAP MD for Southern Africa
151 Newly apppointed SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay SAP has appointed Nazia Pillay as MD of its Southern African operation. She had been serving in the role in an interim basis….
Cool Ideas taps Vodacom network for ‘uncapped’ 5G broadband
161 Fibre internet service provider Cool Ideas has launched a 5G fixed-wireless broadband service, piggybacking on Vodacom’s infrastructure and offering 1TB of high-speed data for R899/month. Technically uncapped, the wireless internet plans…
Why the real story at Apple’s launch was eSim, not the iPhone Air
140 When Apple took the wraps off the iPhone 17 line-up on Tuesday evening South African time, the spotlight naturally fell on the new iPhone Air – its thinnest handset yet –…