When Sony split from Ericsson and opted to go it alone in the mobile phone market, we hoped we’d see the Japanese electronics giant at least try to release handsets that could match what its Korean rival, Samsung Electronics, has to offer. To date
Author: Craig Wilson
The resignation on Monday of Nombulelo Moholi has been met with dismay by industry analysts, who have praised the outgoing Telkom group CEO while at the same time expressing alarm and cautioning that government must announce its intentions for the company sooner rather
South Africa is one of the most improved countries in terms of mobile network performance, having shown a 50% improvement between 2011 and 2012, new research by Cisco shows. However, the country is still far behind the rest of the world when it comes to connectivity
VMK, the Congo-Brazzaville-based website design, application development and consulting company that released a 7-inch tablet computer in 2011, has now released its own smartphone, called the Elikia. The handset, which costs US$150, offers
E-readers have been a bit of niche product in the South African market and, until recently, usually made their way into the country by special order from online retailers or in jet-setting friends’ suitcases. Canada’s Kobo wants to change that, and its first foray into the market, the Kobo Touch
Summit Partners announced on Tuesday that is investing €20m (R224m) in the German parent company of online fashion retailer Zando. Much of the cash will reportedly flow to the South African arm of the company. Last month, the European company secured an investment from JP Morgan
Almost two-thirds (64,8%) of South African households have no access to the Internet. Of the 35,2% that do have Internet access, 46,3% get online using a mobile phone. Only 8,6% of South African households have access to the Internet at home. Statistics SA released the information as part
Absa has lost another of its top executives. Its managing executive for digital channels, Christo Vrey, has resigned and his deputy, Adrian Vermooten, will fill the vacant position. Vrey left Absa at the end of September. Vrey, who has been with Absa
SA’s largest retail bank, Absa, will release its banking application to its staff next month and to consumers in the first quarter of next year, a spokesman for the company says. The app will be available first to users of Apple iOS and Google Android phones, with other platforms to follow later
In the wake of criticism of government’s behaviour at Telkom’s recent annual general meeting, communications minister Dina Pule has moved to defend her move not to support the election or reelection of four nonexecutive directors. In a