London lands Africa’s hottest fintech IPO

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 23, 2026 | Airtel Africa, Airtel Money, Bharti Airtel, Citi, Financial services, London Stock Exchange, MasterCard, MTN, News, Safaricom, Sections, Sunil Taldar, TPG

Airtel Money’s London listing will give investors a first clean benchmark for valuing African mobile money platforms.

Solve taxis and cash dies: Shop2Shop’s township thesis

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 23, 2026 | Financial services, Flash, Garth Napier, News, Pepkor, Peter Berry, Pieter Erasmus, Sections, Shop2Shop

Hours after news of the Pepkor merger, Shop2Shop CEO Peter Berry has predicted cash will vanish from the townships.

After Anthropic ban, US battles ‘kill switch’ backlash

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 23, 2026 | AI and machine learning, Anthropic, Aura Salla, Christophe Grudler, Donald Trump, Edward Fishman, Jacob Helberg, Marco Rubio, News, OpenAI, Sections

US diplomats have been told to counter claims that Washington can switch off AI models overnight.

Pepkor builds R21-billion fintech giant – and plans to list it

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 22, 2026 | Financial services, News, Pepkor, Peter Berry, Pieter Erasmus, Sections, Shop2Shop

Flash and Shop2Shop will combine to form a R21.3-billion platform Pepkor plans to list separately.

Samsung Fold8 series unveiled as folding phone war looms

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 22, 2026 | Apple, Electronics and hardware, Justin Hume, News, Samsung, Sections

Samsung has taken the wraps off its latest Galaxy foldable smartphones, with competition in the category set to intensify.

Everything you wanted to know about EVs but were afraid to ask

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 22, 2026 | Accenture, Gary Scott, Greg Cress, Naamsa, News, Sections, Watts & Wheels, William Kelly

From kilowatt-hours to charging costs, two EV veterans answer the questions new buyers actually ask.