South Africa’s convergence war has been fought on two fronts simultaneously: Mobile operators have pushed into financial services – payments platforms, digital wallets, money transfers and insurance. Banks have pushed into connectivity – mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), airtime, data the phone number as an anchor for the customer relationship. The previous two pieces in…
An LPG gas tanker at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Shinas, Oman, March 11, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. I don’t know about you, but…
The Doomsday Clock, run by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is set at 85 seconds to catastrophe. (Image: Nicola Mawson | The Doomsday Clock, Pexels and Freepik) The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its weaponisation has helped push the Doomsday Clock to its closest point to catastrophe ever – 85 seconds to…
