Author: Duncan McLeod

JSE-listed technology group Altron looks set to list its UK subsidiary, Bytes Technology Group, in an effort to further unlock shareholder value.

South African Internet entrepreneur and Civic CEO Vinny Lingham joins TechCentral for a wide-ranging discussion on everything from the Covid-19 crisis to the price of bitcoin and the latest developments at his latest start-up, Civic.

In this podcast, Altron CEO Mteto Nyati talks to TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod about the group’s decision to explore the unbundling and listing of its Bytes UK subsidiary on the London Stock Exchange.

Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod for a podcast discussion on the operator’s new track-and-trace technology solution designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Cell C has made what it calls a “voluntary offer” to the Competition Commission over data prices, which will see prepaid customers getting free “lifeline” data, albeit very limited.

Telkom will fight the South African Revenue Service in the constitutional court after an adverse judgment handed down against it at the supreme court of appeal that could severely dent its cash flow.

MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter was paid R58.2-million in the 2019 financial year, a 35.7% increase on his total remuneration for 2018, but even these generous rewards were not enough to keep him.

South Africa’s largest technology and media group, Naspers, has announced it will provide R1.5-billion in emergency aid to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

A cable ship has been sent to fix the break in the West African Cable System off the coast of England. Repairs are expected to be completed on Saturday, 4 April.

Telecommunications operators and Internet service providers are working to find alternative routes after another break in the West African Cable System – the third this year – threatens to slow down Internet access in South Africa.