Truecaller pivots with South Africa travel eSim launch

Truecaller pivots with South Africa travel eSim launch

Truecaller, the Nasdaq Stockholm-listed caller ID and spam protection platform, has launched a travel eSim service in South Africa, marking what its chief operating officer described as the company’s “first step” in cross-monetising its 500 million-strong user base into adjacent communication products. The South African launch on Friday is part of a 29-country roll-out and…

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Three years in, PayShap pivots to merchants

Three years in, PayShap pivots to merchants

South Africa’s PayShap instant payments system has passed six million registered users and 905 million transactions since its 2023 launch, operator PayInc said on Thursday – even as the system’s owners acknowledged that costs and inconsistent bank user experiences are slowing adoption. The disclosure, coming after the inaugural PayShap Accelerate Acceptance Conference held last week,…

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Netflix projects massive ad revenue growth and pivots to cash bid for Warner Bros.

Netflix projects massive ad revenue growth and pivots to cash bid for Warner Bros.

Netflix’s advertising business has reached a major turning point, more than doubling its revenue to $1.5 billion between 2024 and 2025. During the company’s most recent earnings call, co-CEO Greg Peters expressed high confidence in this trajectory, projecting that ad revenue will “roughly double again” in 2026 to reach approximately $3 billion. This rapid scaling…

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