Uber buys out Aspex stake in Delivery Hero
Uber Technologies bought out Aspex Management’s shares of Delivery Hero SE, boosting its stake to 36.83% as the ride-hailing company negotiates a deal to buy the German food-delivery platform.
Uber raised its voting rights attached to shares to...
Koos Bekker offloads R2.5 billion in Naspers shares
A family trust linked to South African tycoon Koos Bekker sold R2.5 billion of Naspers shares to finance the construction of hotels in South Africa, the UK and Italy.
The stake was sold over three days to 16 December 2025, Naspers said in a...
The story of Cobus Stofberg — The lesser-known MultiChoice co-founder
Cobus Stofberg, who was once the editor of Stellenbosch University’s student newspaper, Die Matie, retired on Wednesday with an almost R3.5-billion stake in technology and media giants Naspers and Prosus.
Born and educated...
EU gives conditional approval to Prosus takeover of Just Eat
Prosus NV’s planned €4.1 billion (R84.56 billion) takeover of Just Eat Takeaway.com has won conditional approval from the European Union, after the Dutch food delivery firm agreed to reduce its stake in another rival to allay...
How Koos Bekker made pay-TV big in SA
Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker founded M-Net, South Africa's first pay-TV channel and the predecessor of DStv, which played a key role in transforming media publishing giant Naspers into a global technology powerhouse.
Bekker grew up on a mielie farm near...
Bob van Dijk, former CEO of Prosus and Naspers, the interlinked companies effectively part of the same group, was paid throughout the last financial year (to end March), despite stepping down on 18 September 2023. He received a base salary of $1.469 million, equal to R27.5 million at the average...
Naspers CEO resigns effective immediately
Naspers and Prosus have announced that Bob van Dijk has stepped down as CEO and from his positions on the boards of both companies.
His resignation is effectively immediately — Monday, 18 September 2023.
Takealot-owned Superbalist to cut staff
Superbalist has started the process to retrench workers after parent company Takealot posted a $ 22 million (R420-million) loss for its last financial year.
“Superbalist has embarked on a Section 189 process that will lead to the restructure of its...
Takealot makes R392 million loss — blames inflation and load-shedding
South African e-commerce business Takealot group lost $22 million (R392 million) in the latest financial year of its parent company, Naspers.
In the tech and multimedia giant's FY 2023 results, it attributed the hefty loss...
Naspers profit plummets by R147 billion
Naspers has released its annual financial results, reporting an over 46% decrease in profit from $18.5 billion (R318 billion) to $9.95 billion (R171 billion).
Sister company Prosus posted a similar performance, with its annual profit decreasing from...
Prosus looking to offload PayU
Prosus NV is exploring potential divestments from its emerging-markets financial technology company PayU, according to people familiar with the matter.
The investment firm is working with Bank of America Corp. as it gauges interest in PayU’s business outside...
Tencent rally up against earnings test
Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s successful foray into short videos and a softening regulatory backdrop have fueled a $160 billion (R2.97 trillion) rally since October, the next leg of which will hinge on a crucial earnings release this week.
Shares of the gaming...
After killing OLX in South Africa, Prosus is dumping OLX Autos
Naspers and its subsidiary Prosus have informed shareholders that they want to dump OLX Autos.
It is unclear whether the car classifieds website will be shut down or sold, but Naspers has indicated it prefers to sell the business.
Naspers backs South African rent-to-buy car startup in R1.8-billion fund-raise
Naspers Ltd., an early investor in China’s Tencent and still its largest shareholder, is backing rent-to-buy car firm Planet42 in a $100 million debt and equity fund-raising.
The startup, that mainly operates in...
Naspers top dogs dump shares worth R1.8 billion during buyback
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk and CFO Basil Sgourdos have sold R1.8 billion of their Naspers and Prosus shares after the companies announced their buyback scheme in June 2022.
Two other directors — Mark Sorour and Steve Pacak — have...
Naspers and Prosus cutting staff — including at South African offices
Amsterdam-listed Prosus NV and its parent Naspers Ltd. are planning to cut their corporate workforce by 30%, becoming the latest global tech company to announce layoffs.
The firm, one of Europe’s largest e-commerce companies...
Takealot makes R224 million loss
Naspers has published interim results for the first half of its 2023 financial year (H1 FY2023), revealing a significant loss for its Takealot group of ecommerce businesses.
The group consists of general online store Takealot.com, delivery service Mr D, and...
Naspers issues major profit warning
Naspers issued a trading update 45 minutes after the JSE closed on Monday, warning shareholders that it expects a major decline in half-year profits.
It warned that headline earnings per share for its continuing operations would decline by between 100% and...
Naspers-owned Prosus gives up R7 billion investment for nothing
Prosus NV gave up its stake in Russia’s largest social network for nothing, walking away from a company run by an executive under US sanctions.
VK sold the shares acquired from the Dutch e-commerce company to its management team...
Takealot founder and former CEO hired to head MultiChoice-owned sports betting company
Blue Lake Ventures Group (BLV Group) has appointed Takealot founder and former CEO Kim Reid as its CEO, Daily Investor reports.
BLV owns Africa-focused online sports betting service BetKing, and pay-TV giant...