Naspers CEO awarded $10.4m in options
Naspers has awarded CEO Bob Van Dijk $10.4m in long-term share options as Africa’s biggest company by market value seeks to boost its global Internet businesses amid declining profit at the sub-Saharan
Microsoft blows past earnings forecasts
Microsoft’s turnaround plan got back on track in the latest quarter, buoyed by rising sales of Internet-based software and services. Profit in the fiscal fourth quarter exceeded analysts’ estimates and…
No reason to fear bitcoin split
Over the last week, the price of bitcoin crashed from around $2 400 to $1 800 on fears of a so-called hard fork, which is to say the digital currency would effectively split in two due to software upgrades at the end of
What the airport of the future will look like
No matter how well regarded a particular airport happens to be, the slog from kerb to cabin is pretty much the same wherever you go. A decades-old paradigm of queues, security screens, snack vendors and gate-waiting prevails
TalkCentral: Ep 184 – ‘Simon says’
We’re at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by “Mr Mediatech” Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well
South Africa’s economy is in real trouble
It has been clear for some time that all is not well with the South African consumer. Or, indeed, the economy. Government spending has all but frozen and consumer spending is not going to paper
Government distrust of telecoms operators is a big problem
So, government is considering merging Broadband Infraco and Sentech. This makes little sense and suggests the ANC is so blinded by its ideological opposition to privatisation that it won’t make decisions that are patently in
SAP must open itself to independent probe
SAP, the giant German maker of enterprise software, has found itself ensnared in a scandal involving the Guptas that risks spiralling out of its control. If it believes it is innocent of the serious allegations levelled against it
Zuma likely to survive no-confidence vote
President Jacob Zuma is likely to defeat a motion of no-confidence, irrespective of whether there’s an open vote or secret ballot, as most members of the ruling party will close ranks around him, a senior opposition lawmaker
Galaxy S8 review: Samsung smashes a home run
After spending the best part of a month with Samsung’s new Galaxy S8, it’s impossible to draw any other conclusion: this is the best smartphone in the world right now — yes, better than the iPhone, and better than the panoply of
