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Pan-African telecommunications services provider SEACOM has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network.…

Bolt Food has launched its food delivery services in Johannesburg, giving the city’s residents access to food deliveries from more…

In 2020, as the world was ravaged by the coronavirus, investment into financial technology (FinTech) companies in emerging markets decreased…

Social media giant Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new name next week. The Verge reported on Tuesday, citing…

Enterprise software firm Oracle is planning to build its first data centre in Africa. The Texas-based company has selected Johannesburg…

Twitter announced that it would sell MoPub to Nasdaq-listed AppLovin, a marketing software company, for $1.05 billion or R15.7 billion in…

US Bank announced today that its cryptocurrency custody services are now live and available to their Global Fund Services clients.…

Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, Yellow Card, has announced a $15 million or R227 million Series A, the largest ever by an…

The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today…

Huawei’s annual flagship event for the global ICT industry – Huawei Connect 2021 – kicked off today. Huawei Rotating Chairman…

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics is buying Cybellum, a leading vehicle cybersecurity risk assessment solution provider. The deal allows…

Liquid Intelligent Technologies is now delivering affordable high-speed connectivity to communities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using state-of-the-art…

Vodacom Group today announced details of the global Partnership for Ethiopia (the Consortium) that was recently awarded a mobile telecommunications…

ASX-listed Zip has announced its intention to fully acquire South African buy now pay later (BNPL) FinTech Payflex as part…

PayU, the payments and FinTech business of Prosus, is spending $4.7 billion or R69 billion to buy Indian digital payments…

China on Monday announced strict new rules that will ban children from playing online games during weekdays and limit them…

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is going public via a merger with a special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC), the company announced…

TymeBank, one of South Africa’s leading digital banks, will export its business concept and experience to its international sister company…

BrainQ, an Israeli stroke therapy technology startup, today announced it has raised a $40 million or R592 million to support…

We all look forward to the day when we can play immersive, virtual-reality games on our 5G phones with ease…

At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly…

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns worldwide have challenged conventional ideas on how we work and what a workplace should…

Sherry Singh, CEO of Mauritius Telecom, today launched the my.t 5G Experience Zones at the Hennessy Park hotel, Ebene, in…

Payments company Square today announced it is buying Australian “buy now, pay later” provider Afterpay in a $29 billion or…

London-listed telecom firm Airtel Africa announced today plans to sell $200 million or R2.9 billion stake in the mobile money business, the Airtel…