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Pepkor's strategic moves pay off with record 2025 earnings and revenue growth

Banking & Finance

Pepkor's strategic moves pay off with record 2025 earnings and revenue growth

3 days

MTN introduces rent-to-own smartphones in SA

Mobile & Apps

MTN introduces rent-to-own smartphones in SA

31 Jul 2025

Image credit: Keira Burton on Pexels

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Vodacom offers customers 4G upgrade for R67

18 Jul 2025

iStore CEO Chris Dodd at the Queen's Hotel iStore in Cape Town.

Hardware

‘We find out when you do’ says iStore CEO about new Apple products

Lindsey Schutters 4 Mar 2025

Honor is launching the X9c in South Africa in January

Technology

Honor gets new CEO and brings new phones to SA for Chinese New Year

Lindsey Schutters 21 Jan 2025

Advertising

Global ad spend to top $1trn in 2024 amid rapid digital growth and regulatory challenges

27 Nov 2024

Source: African Bank chief executive officer, Kennedy Bungane.

Banking

African Bank reports over half a billion profit as it expands offerings

26 Nov 2024

Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

Telecoms & Networks

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

Melon Mobile founder and CEO Calvin Collett spoke candidly about the MVNO's ambitions.

Telecoms & Networks

Melon Mobile reintroduces itself as a network disruptor

Lindsey Schutters 1 Nov 2024

Mobile & Apps

Xiaomi rides strong smartphone sales wave to 38% rise in net profit

Lindsey Schutters 22 Aug 2024

Honor South Africa is bullish on its chances in a saturated smartphone market

Hardware

Honor 200 series comes to Mzansi with premium ambitions

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. African Bank chief executive officer, Kennedy Bungane.

Banking

Africanbank posts a R203m profit with a 38% increase in active customer numbers

30 May 2024

Shameel Joosub, Vodacom Group CEO

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom reports strong revenue increase on back of VodaPay and acquisitions

Lindsey Schutters 13 May 2024

Samsung's Galaxy A-series lineup is its most competitive in years.

Hardware

Samsung goes back to competitive roots with A-series

Lindsey Schutters 8 May 2024

Better understanding of the long-term consumer landscape can improve marketing effectiveness

Marketing

Better understanding of the long-term consumer landscape can improve marketing effectiveness

David Blyth, Issued by eatbigfish 8 May 2024

Hardware

Honor rises to number one in China with excellent Magic6 Pro

Lindsey Schutters 29 Apr 2024

Source: © Unesco Today radio celebrates 100 years

Radio & Audio

#WorldRadioDay: Celebrating a century of informing, entertaining and educating

Danette Breitenbach 13 Feb 2024

Samsung managed to increase the screen size of the S24 series over its predecessors, but in the same handset size.

Hardware

Samsung leverages partnerships to elevate Galaxy S24 series

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jan 2024

Crippling power shortages hit Telkom's Q3 profit

Telecoms & Networks

Crippling power shortages hit Telkom's Q3 profit

14 Feb 2023

Optimising efficiency and improving profits with geospatial data

Digital

Optimising efficiency and improving profits with geospatial data

Marna Roos, Issued by AfriGIS 9 Dec 2022

Telkom earnings fall as mobile sales slow, costs rise

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom earnings fall as mobile sales slow, costs rise

23 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Nedbank's Neo Mushwana.

Fintech

Nedbank's Chipo Mushwana on a cashless society in SA

Katja Hamilton 30 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied

Fashion & Homeware

'The future of luxury': Pandora embraces lab-made diamonds

24 Aug 2022

Vodacom launches Eco-Sim cards made from recycled plastic

Environment & Natural Resources

Vodacom launches Eco-Sim cards made from recycled plastic

25 Oct 2021

Euphoria Telecom - 10 years' of delivering savings to SMEs

Telecoms & Networks

Euphoria Telecom - 10 years' of delivering savings to SMEs

Issued by Euphoria 13 Oct 2021

Higher Education

Stevie the robot joins intensive-care team at UP Faculty of Health Sciences and Steve Biko Academic Hospital

Issued by University of Pretoria 5 Jul 2021

Banking

'You have it' launches in Africa

3 Sep 2021

Telkom launches eSIM support for smartphones

Mobile & Apps

Telkom launches eSIM support for smartphones

24 Aug 2021

Ackermans doubles down on cellular with Ackermans Connect online

E-commerce

Ackermans doubles down on cellular with Ackermans Connect online

Lauren Hartzenberg 8 Jul 2021

Mobile & Apps

Chinese smartphone brand Tecno Mobile topples Samsung in Africa

21 Apr 2021

Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Informal Retailing

Challenging 6 informal sector myths

Kim Furman 12 Apr 2021

The cultural uprising of social media apps

Social Media

The cultural uprising of social media apps

Lerato Sibanda 22 Feb 2021

Corporates, do not be caught out by IFRS 17

Insurance & Actuarial

Corporates, do not be caught out by IFRS 17

Dewald van den Berg 28 Jan 2021

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru

Fintech

3 contributors to dynamic banking partnerships

Andy Jury 11 Dec 2020

#BizTrends2021: Looking ahead at the smartphone market

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Looking ahead at the smartphone market

Michelle Wynne 6 Jan 2021

Advertising spend trends in telecommunications show growth [infographic]

Advertising

Advertising spend trends in telecommunications show growth [infographic]

Issued by Ornico 9 Oct 2020

Check Point reveals vulnerability found in Instagram

Cybersecurity

Check Point reveals vulnerability found in Instagram

28 Sep 2020

Going underground in Camarines Norte province, Philippines. EPA

Mining

Meet the struggling gold miners who are missing out on boom in the precious metal

Sara Geenen & Boris Verbrugge 27 May 2020

#LockdownSA: Guide to working remotely

Technology

#LockdownSA: Guide to working remotely

25 Mar 2020

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

Research

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

24 Mar 2020

COSY programme aims to boost entrepreneurism, foster innovation

Partnerships

COSY programme aims to boost entrepreneurism, foster innovation

20 Jan 2020

#AfricaCom: Smartphone costs the biggest barrier to a digitally inclusive Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#AfricaCom: Smartphone costs the biggest barrier to a digitally inclusive Africa

Sindy Peters 15 Nov 2019

#SACSCCongress: How physical retail is reinventing itself

Retail

#SACSCCongress: How physical retail is reinventing itself

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Oct 2019