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The Vodacom Foundation has announced the launch of a free application designed to aid in the fight against Gender Based…

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is activating 82 km of fibre in a cross-border network into Botswana. This implementation gives…

Forge Academy, powered by Nokia, has launched a fully inclusive artificial intelligence laboratory in Fourways at The Gantry. The academy…

Jason Quinn, the group finance director at Absa, has been named South Africa’s CFO of the Year at the 2020…

As South Africa joins the global community in commemorating 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children,…

The latest data released today by MTN shows the value of MTN MoMo (mobile money) transactions was $61,2 billion (R926…

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has published new research proposing how should FinTechs handle non-traditional (alternative) data on the…

Capitec, South Africa’s largest digital bank, has launched its QR code payment functionality in their new app. The ‘Scan to…

Vodacom – which generates less than 2 metric tons of carbon per terabyte of data a year – says it…

Safaricom’s mobile money service M-Pesa, Nigeria’s e-commerce sites Jumia and South Africa’s Takealot.com are picked as 100 tech challengers by…

MTN, Africa’s largest mobile phone group, has increased its shareholding in mobile-micro-insurance firm aYo through acquisition of additional shares. In…

The traditional lay-by system has long represented an enormous headache for merchants and retailers, marked by high administrative costs and…

PayU, the payments and FinTech business of Prosus, has invested a staggering $1 billion (R15.8 billion) on FinTech and mergers…

There is no doubt that Bob van Dijk, the CEO of Prosus, wants to make a big acquisition. The Dutch…

South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot.com, reported on Monday a 41% jump in revenue to $238 million (R3.7 billion) in the…

Retailer Pepkor, previously Steinhoff Africa Retail, said on Monday operating profit in its financial technology (FinTech) services business dropped by 5.8% to…

Starting out a music career seems like a great prospect as it gives you all the money, fame, and success…

South Africa’s financial regulators have published a draft declaration of crypto assets as a financial product under the Financial Advisory…

Ukheshe, South Africa’s digital banking platform provider, announced on Friday it has agreed to buy 100% of Oltio from Mastercard…

Vodacom’s partnership with Alipay, the world’s leading digital lifestyle services platform, will bring inclusive mobile solutions to consumers and merchants…

A total of 50 companies, including Google and Telkom, have pledged R109.6 billion at the third annual South Africa Investment…

Xago announced on Wednesday that it had received a substantial investment from Imvelo Ventures.  Xago is an innovative South African FinTech…

Simpli Connect, an Internet Service Provider, and SMTAX, a digital accounting firm primarily for SME’s, have partnered to provide qualifying…

Pick n Pay has confirmed the launch of its own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Techcentral reported on Tuesday that…

Naspers announced today that it has invested R45 million in The Student Hub, a local online learning platform. The Student…