Author: Duncan McLeod

Netflix and ShowMax rival Iflix, which is promising a lower-cost alternative video-on-demand service, will be launched in South Africa and six other African countries, including Kenya and Nigeria. The platform, which until now has focused

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele is considering a proposal from six South African telecoms operators, and presented by Deloitte, that, if accepted, could help overcome the impasse between

MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati has resigned to take the reins at Altron. Nyati, formerly MD of Microsoft’s South African subsidiary, will take the reins at Altron from Robbie Venter on 1 July. The surprise move by Nyati, who joined MTN in 2014

MTN has moved quickly to replace the CEO of its South African operation, Mteto Nyati, who is leaving the telecommunications group to take the reins from Robbie Venter as CEO of Altron. Altron announced after markets closed on Tuesday that

Altron has a shortlist of candidates for a new CEO, all of them from the IT sector, the group’s current CEO, Robbie Venter, said on Monday. This comes as Altron disposes of non-core assets to focus on the ICT industry. Speaking on the TechCentral Podcast

Duncan McLeod sat down on 6 March with Altron CEO Robbie Venter and Value Capital Partners (VCP) CEO Sam Sithole to discuss the huge changes the Altron group has been through in recent years. In the interview, listen to Venter talk about

JSE-listed IT distribution group Pinnacle Holdings, which is in the process of changing its name to Alviva Holdings (share code from PNC to AVV), said it will consider acquisitions worth as much as R1,3bn. The acquisition talks follow a strong

It’s TalkCentral time. On this week’s podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the best of Mobile World Congress 2017. What does it tell us that the most talked about gadget at this year’s show was a feature phone? Also this

MTN Group on Thursday reported a headline loss of 77c/share for the year ended 31 December 2016 as a perfect storm, headlined by a multibillion-rand fine in Nigeria, its biggest market, culminated in what it has

MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati has said the mobile operator is “comfortable” with its distribution partnership with JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, despite the latter’s plan to acquire a 45% stake in mobile