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South Africa: South Africa to Nationalise Private Owned Central Bank
After a long decade’s debates, discomfort and what key stakeholders consider an anomaly, the South Africa government has reiterated its decision to nationalise ...
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South Africa: Competition Commission Disrupts Google’s Unrepentant Advertising Monopoly
South Africa is the latest country to crack the whip on Google’s search monopoly. The Competition Commission made a blockbuster announcement this month ...
South Africa
South Africa: South Africa’s Qwili Raises $1.2 Million to Enhance SmartPhone, Internet Penetration in Africa
The lack of and high cost of access to digital products and services in the African markets are the challenges Qwili is focused ...
Innovation
South Africa: Microsoft and SITA launch Ndivho Innovation Hub in South Africa
Microsoft South Africa and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) have enhanced their strategic partnership by launching the Microsoft SITA Ndivho Innovation Centre ...
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South Africa: MTN partners with MIA Telecoms to offer tech entrepreneurs new revenue streams
MTN Business has appointed MIA Telecomsas its aggregator for the management of new resellers and partners. This strategic partnership will increase the MTN ...
Regulatory
South Afica: Orange Guinea fined $1.09 million for network outages
Mobile network operator Orange Guinea SA has been fined GNF9.5 billion (US$1.09 million) by the country’s Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (L’Autoritie ...
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South Africa: Ericsson appoints new Head of Customer Unit MTN Africa
Telecommunications company Ericsson has appointed Hossam Kandeel as Vice President and Head of Global Customer Unit MTN and Customer Unit MTN Africa effective ...
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South Africa: South Africa’s TymeBank Appoints 3 New Senior Executives to “Increase Diversity”
TymeBank, one of South Africa’s fastest-growing digital banks, has today announced the appointment of three new executive committee members, all of whom will ...
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South Africa: Vodapay records 300,000 new users
VodaPay’s continuous growth boosts operational confidence in Vodacom Vodacom has announced that its super app VodaPay has added 300,000 new users in the second quarter of 2022. Vodapay was ...
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South Afica: Cape Town hospital uses most advanced surgical robot in Africa
A surgical team led by Dr Tim Forgan, at Tygerberg public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, is using the da Vinci Xi ...