Vox to shut own data centre in move to Teraco
ICT provider Vox said on Wednesday that it will shut its Waverley, Johannesburg data centre in favour of an outsourced arrangement with Teraco.
Battered Tencent looks for bottom after $150-billion wipe-out
The Chinese Internet giant, best known for its popular games and ubiquitous messaging services, has shed more than $150-billion in market value since a January peak.
Meet the CEO: IQbusiness’s Adam Craker
Meet the CEO is a regular feature on TechCentral. Our latest interview in the series is with Adam Craker, CEO of IQbusiness.
Willem Roos, rainmaker
Willem Roos is aware of the expectation that he will disrupt the telecommunications industry as much with Rain Mobile, the upstart mobile data company, as he did the insurance industry with Outsurance.
The Best in Tech | Rob Greenstein on SA’s new Lego store
If there is one toy concept that has captivated generations of gamers and geeks, it’s the building blocks that Lego so cleverly turned into one of the biggest brands on Earth.
Poor South Africans, fintechs carrying the can for lack of financial inclusion
Over 60% of all transactions in South Africa are conducted in cash, and this increases to as much as 90% in rural areas where both informal retailers and low-income levels prevail
Don’t get hacked: 5 steps to protect yourself online
Taking the right precautions might require a little time and effort but doing so could mean the difference between being a victim of the next major data breach, or not.
A fix to South Africa’s never-ending spectrum woes
The idea of a wireless open-access network is the central plank of government’s ICT policy. But this requires the release of significant amounts of high-demand spectrum, which regulatory and policy failure prevent from happening.
Rand plunges 9.4%, most in nearly a decade
The rand plunged the most in almost a decade and Mexico’s peso slumped as financial turmoil in Turkey sapped demand for emerging market assets.
Review: Samsung Galaxy Note9
Playing with Samsung’s Galaxy Note9 is enough to make you forget what happened two years ago with the Note7. By Nafisa Akabor.
