MTN Ghana forecasts strong growth despite inflation

CEO Stephen Blewett says group was operating in a challenging economy in an election year

Canal+ raises its holding in MultiChoice to 42.47%

French company acquires a further 3.87-million MultiChoice shares

MTN Nigeria sets out plan to return to profit

Operator calls on telecoms regulator to raise tariffs to increase revenue

Talent10 and IDC bet R1.9bn on new film and gaming franchise

Investment group CEO says SA offers exceptional value for money in terms of dollar-based production costs

Anthropic targets business with chatbot app

San Francisco-based firm, backed by Alphabet and Amazon.com, releases Claude 3 for iPhones

MTN Nigeria reports first-quarter loss as naira woes continue

The group says the operating environment has been characterised by rising inflation and ongoing naira depreciation

Microsoft-backed OpenAI and FT ink latest media tie-up

Financial Times content to be used to help train artificial intelligence

MTN chair Mcebisi Jonas again impersonated online

Public figures including IEC chief Sy Mamabolo have also been subject to impersonation on social media and messaging platforms

MetroFibre and Link Africa top fibre operator rankings, poll shows

Small operators such as Evotel and Zoom Fibre were also noted for high performance

Apple in talks over AI enhancements for iPhone

Tech giant making overtures to OpenAI and Google with insiders saying no decision has yet been made

TikTok sets sights on overturning US legislation

Parent ByteDance has 270 days to divest the short-video app or face a ban

New Tencent mobile game boosts Naspers and Prosus’ shares

Chinese tech giant announces early release of a highly anticipated mobile game, ‘Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’

Alphabet and Microsoft earnings show AI investments drive growth

Both companies report that their quarterly revenue increase is outpacing expectations

Biden to announce $6bn preliminary deal with chipmaker Micron

The agreement aims to boost domestic manufacturing of chips and reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for supply

Meta’s dramatic plunge drags other tech stocks down

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says costs will grow ‘meaningfully’ over the coming years before Meta makes ‘much revenue’ from its AI products