The JSE has suspended trading in Labat Africa’s shares with immediate effect after the technology investment holding company failed to pay the first dividend in its 27 years as a listed company. In a notice published on Thursday, the JSE said Labat had failed to pay the declared dividend in accordance with the corporate action…
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Jonathan Allen, AWS executive in residence. Amazon Web Services (AWS) says its Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) business will help organisations across Africa increasingly shift their focus from artificial intelligence (AI) exploration, to real-world business transformation. This, after the cloud computing giant in June announced it was investing $1 billion to set up the new AWS…
Khartoum, August 8, 2026 (SUNA) — Sudanese Ambassador to Senegal Abdelghani Al-Naeem expressed the Sudanese government’s and people’s appreciation for Senegal’s steadfast support for Sudan’s sovereignty and unity, stressing Khartoum’s determination to expand bilateral cooperation across various fields. In an interview with Senegal International Radio, Al-Naeem conveyed Sudan’s gratitude to the government and people of…
No-frills airline EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo after a rival bidder dropped out. The takeover was agreed after US investment firm Castlelake, which had made a series of offers for the carrier, said it was withdrawing from the bid battle. Apollo said it wants to…
The latest hack comes after an autonomous agent escaped a controlled test and accessed AI firm Hugging Face’s servers. Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 The rogue artificial intelligence model that broke out of a controlled test and hacked another AI company also compromised a customer at a second technology firm, the Reuters news…
iOCO CEO Rhys Summerton iOCO has struck its second acquisition in four months, agreeing to buy enterprise resource planning specialist Astraia Technology as CEO Rhys Summerton makes good on his promise to return the group to “serial acquirer” status. The JSE-listed technology group said on Friday it has entered into a binding agreement – signed…
Fox Corp is buying Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about US$22-billion in a bet that pairing its sports and news programming with a top TV streaming platform will strengthen its position as audiences shift online. The deal, announced on Monday, gives the cable TV-reliant Fox direct access to Roku’s large installed base of…
Meta Platforms said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users. The company said its WhatsApp messaging service disrupted new spear-phishing attempts linked to NSO, an entity blacklisted by the US government…
The first stage is human with an AI assistant. (Image source: 123RF) There is a productivity crisis in many organisations today. Leaders are under pressure to move faster, improve service and do more with teams that are already stretched. Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index shows that 53% of leaders say productivity must increase, while 80%…
