Telkom’s share price continues to trade at near to all-time record lows as a lack of clarity from government on its plans for the company and uncertainty about who will take over from outgoing CEO Nombulelo Moholi continue to cloud the outlook for investors. Moholi
Author: Craig Wilson
Kenya’s biggest mobile operator, Safaricom, has said it will stop selling feature phones in its own retail stores in an effort to increase smartphone penetration and bolster the East African country’s digital content market. Corporate affairs director Nzioka Waita made the surprising announcement at the Mobile Web East Africa conference
On paper, the Celluon Magic Cube projection keyboard is great. It’s a light, thoroughly portable unit that connects by cable or Bluetooth – meaning it works with phones, tablets and desktop or laptop computers – and projects a keyboard onto most level, opaque surfaces using an attention-grabbing
A new challenger to pay-TV operator MultiChoice, which owns DStv, is expected to launch commercial services soon, possibly by as early as April. Unlike DStv rival TopTV, however, NuWeb Television doesn’t intend using direct-to-home satellite technology. Rather, it will deliver its offering over
A Cape Town-based print-on-demand service hopes to make all sorts of books available in outlying areas by allowing photocopy shops to print them – legally – from a wide range of publishers. The start-up, called Paperight, already offers an big selection of content from more than 40 publishers
MTN has refuted talk that it is considering ending the popular flat-rated BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) that gives users of existing BlackBerry devices unlimited browsing, e-mail and use of the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service for a low fixed monthly fee. Speculation
The Bank of Tanzania says mobile financial services regulations aimed at improving the oversight of mobile payments and the service providers that facilitate them are expected in June. The central bank drafted the regulations last year in what it says is a bid to enhance the sector’s stability and
A Cape Town-based venture fund has chosen ten start-ups to participate in a three-month accelerator project. In addition to a cash injection and the prospect of future investment, the start-ups get access to other companies and various mentors including a network of entrepreneurs
On Tuesday, at events in New York and London, Taiwan’s HTC is expected to take the wraps off the M7, its newest Android “superphone”, and a device that must take on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. For HTC, it’s all on the line. In the face of juggernaut Samsung Electronics
BlackBerry 10 (BB10) certainly delivered on one of maker BlackBerry’s promises: the new operating system is startlingly different, not only to its predecessor BlackBerry 7, but also to anything else out there. Vivek Bhardwaj, head of BlackBerry’s software portfolio, tells TechCentral that there