South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has suspended its Chief Executive Officer Abel Sithole following allegations contained in a whistleblower report. He was placed on precautionary ...

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6, its newest family of artificial intelligence models, while reaffirming that the technology will remain the preferred model powering Microsoft 365 Copilot. The release ...

Apple has signed a multiyear agreement worth more than $30 billion with Broadcom to manufacture advanced wireless chips in the United States, deepening its investment in domestic semiconductor ...

Last year, Kredete, a startup founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Adeola Adedewe that enables Africans in the diaspora to build credit profiles through their remittance activity, raised a US$22 million ...

Nigeria has launched an investigation into major global technology companies, including Meta, Alphabet, X and several generative AI platforms, following allegations that their business practices are ...

Refiant AI, a California startup founded by South African mathematician Dr Viroshan Naicker, is claiming to have compressed a 120-billion-parameter model to run on a MacBook Pro. It says it has ...

Singapore state investor Temasek has reported a record net portfolio value of S$518 billion ($401 billion), up S$49 billion ($38 billion) from a year earlier, driven by strong gains in listed ...

Hong Kong stocks rallied sharply on Wednesday as investors shrugged off concerns over a record wave of post-IPO lock-up expiries, easing fears that a flood of newly tradable shares would trigger ...

Bryan Johnson, the tech entrepreneur turned longevity advocate who says he spends $2 million a year on his health, now says he has been diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease that causes his ...

The International Monetary Fund cleared $464 million for Ethiopia on July 1, plus a $200 million rephasing tied to war-driven fuel costs, lifting total disbursements under the country’s 48-month, $3.4 ...

Dangote Group plans to finance its proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Kenya through a combination of internal cash flow, bond issuances and an initial public offering, making it one of ...

Microsoft is cutting about 4,800 jobs, or roughly 2.1% of its global workforce, becoming the latest technology giant to reduce headcount as companies redirect billions of dollars towards artificial ...