Econet Group-owned Liquid Telecom has pumped more than R1bn into dramatically expanding its data centre facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town as demand for cloud computing server space, including from international cloud
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Duncan McLeod is founder and managing editor of TechCentral. With more than 30 years of experience in technology journalism, he has worked for and contributed to a range of publications, including the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times.
Reunert, the JSE-listed electronics and electrical engineering company, will acquire wireless broadband service provider SkyWire Technologies. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. SkyWire mainly serves
The council of communications regulator Icasa has agreed that the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator will investigate a complaint lodged by the Democratic Alliance against MultiChoice about payments to
Regardt van der Berg is in Cape Town this week, while Duncan McLeod is holding the fort in Johannesburg. They talk, using an app called Discord, about the week’s biggest technology news, including UK Prime Minister
A solid improvement in organic growth, coupled with the contribution of acquisition Micros, has propelled Adapt IT’s turnover higher by 46% in the six months to 31 December 2017. This in turn sent the software
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod interviews Antony Seeff, CEO of Tariffic, the company that helps companies and individuals determine if they’re spending too
Entities involved in South Africa’s national payment system, including BankservAfrica and the Payments Association of South Africa, have begun work on a major architectural and technical overhaul to facilitate
Many people working in the technology industry today got their start on a machine made by Commodore International — a Vic-20, a Commodore 64 or, if they were lucky enough, an Amiga. A new documentary movie, to be released
Over the past five years, JSE-listed Naspers was the third-fastest growing technology stock in the world with a current market valuation above US$100bn, pipped only to the post by Tencent, in second place, in which it has a 33.2% stake
In this episode, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week’s biggest technology stories, including Michael Jordaan and Yatin Narsai’s new digital bank. Also in the episode, they delve into Cell C’s plan