Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the “future of the world” will be built on the African continent. Zuckerberg made the statement during his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, where he visited Lagos, Nigeria. A small group
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Facebook will launch a satellite later this week to extend Internet access to rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. The satellite will “beam down connectivity”, the CEO said in a presentation on
The Communication Workers Union has cried foul over a damning labour court ruling handed down against it on Tuesday. Johannesburg labour court judge AJ Snyman on Tuesday struck down the CWU’s bid to interdict Telkom from completing
Telkom plans to showcase 4.5G wireless broadband at its annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, taking place at Fancourt in George next week. Telkom said it is showing off
The Communication Workers Union has withdrawn its court bid against MTN’s outsourcing plan as the two parties have agreed to consult on the matter. The CWU had applied for an urgent interdict at the Johannesburg labour
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said the only thing he has been captured by is South Africa’s constitution. He was responding to parliamentarians on Wednesday, who were questioning Eskom’s relationship with Gupta-owned coal mining company Tegeta
The third unit at Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme was brought into commercial operation on Tuesday, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe announced on Wednesday. Each unit adds 333MW of peak power to the grid, which is key in the
While ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe’s address regarding finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s battle with the Hawks pushed the rand down by 10c on Tuesday, it was the US rate hike threat that caused further concern over
David Drummond, the chief legal officer at Google parent company Alphabet, has stepped down from Uber Technologies’ board of directors as the two companies move further into each other’s territories. Drummond joined the board in 2013 when
The Communication Workers Union has called on MTN chief human resources officer, Nhlanhla Qwabe, to step down in its latest war of words with the network. The union is set to meet MTN in court on Tuesday after