Rain has formally requested to present the Telkom board with a proposal to merge the two companies. “Although the terms of such a transaction such as valuation and structure would …
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MTN witnesses an increase in profit by 47%
MTN reported a 47% increase in profit for the six months to end-June, with subscribers increasing by almost 6% from a year ago to almost 282 million. This was despite …
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Twitter legal battle continues as Elon Musk accuses Twitter of hiding key witnesses
Elon Musk is accusing Twitter Inc. of hiding key witnesses in their legal battle over whether he must consummate a $44 billion buyout of the company, according to people familiar …
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Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp is rolling out several privacy features, including the ability to send messages while appearing offline and blocking screenshots of view-once messages. The messaging platform will also allow …
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Airtel Africa secures $125 million credit facility from Citibank
Airtel Africa, Africa’s leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, today, has announced the signing of a $125 million revolving loan facility from Citibank to support operations in its subsidiaries. …
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Elon Musk plans ahead against Twitter legal battle, sells R116bn worth of Tesla shares
Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion (about R116 billion) worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings published Tuesday, amid a high-stakes legal battle with Twitter over a $44 …
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Google faces lawsuit for dropping free Workspace apps
Google, America’s multinational technology company is being sued by an early adopter of its Workspace cloud productivity software who claims the company reneged on a promise to provide it with …
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SERAP sues Buhari over N5m fine imposed on media houses
SERAP, The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for imposing fines on some media houses over …
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Cell C launches free load-shedding data bundles
Cell C is providing its prepaid customers with free streaming and social data bundles to make up for the allocations they might not have consumed due to load-shedding. The operator …
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MTN Nigeria launches home broadband services
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has launched Home Broadband services to accelerate broadband penetration in Nigeria. With this launch, the Federal Government of Nigeria is a step closer to achieving its plan of …