Covid drives need for more African integration

As countries rebuild their economies following Covid-19, Africa needs to step up productive and infrastructural integration. This is according to presenters at the African Regional Integration Index (ARII) held virtually last week. The index, a joint publication of...

Cell C improves financial performance in 2020

Cell C’s turnaround strategy is having a positive impact in stabilising the business and there is an improvement in the quality of earnings Cell C, according to the company’s annual financial performance for the 12 months period to December 2020....

Altron acquires security firm Lawtrust for R245m

JSE-listed Altron has acquired digital signatures services company Lawtrust from Etion for R245-million, subject to Competition Commission approval. Lawtrust is a digital trust services and cyber information security solutions company which provides solutions used to...

MetroFibre acquires parts of Link Africa’s FTTH network

MetroFibre has acquired the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network and infrastructure of Link Africa in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal, adding another 10 000 homes passed to MetroFibre’s rapidly-growing fibre network in South Africa. The deal is effective 1 April 2021...

Crypto investors brace for Dogeday 4/20

Amateur investors are aiming to push Dogecoin’s price to $0.69 on April 20th, a day marked Doge Day 4/20, according to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com. In early January 2021, a Reddit group known as SatoshiStreetBets sought to actively pump up...
SpaceX selected to land next astronauts on the Moon

SpaceX selected to land next astronauts on the Moon

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one...