Author: Duncan McLeod

Applications have closed for a new accelerator programme for financial technology start-ups based in Cape Town and backed by Barclays Africa and US accelerator Techstars, with nearly 400 companies from around the world applying to take part

MTN’s Nigerian operation is likely to report a profit after tax of approximately R15,9bn for the year ended 31 December 2015, it was revealed on Tuesday. The JSE-listed telecommunications operator, which is facing a R65,2bn fine from Nigerian authorities for failing to disconnect 5m

Everyone is aware of South African IT success stories Dimension Data and Datatec, both which are now multibillion-dollar businesses serving clients in markets across the world. Now another technology company

In the first episode of the TalkCentral podcast for 2016, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Netlflix’s arrival in South Africa and its threat to block those using virtual private networking technology to access the US version

If government decides to get serious about SA Connect, its wide-ranging broadband policy published two years ago, it will result in one of the largest telecommunications projects ever embarked upon

South Africans who use virtual private networking services to watch the US version of Netflix could soon find their access blocked. Netflix vice-president of content delivery architecture David Fullagar warned in a post on the subscription video-on-demand

Parliament’s portfolio committee on telecommunications & postal services has set aside a full day later this month to probe so-called “over the top” (OTT) services to determine whether policy interventions are required to govern them. OTT services include the likes

South Africa’s MTN Group has won an early victory in its legal battle with Nigerian authorities, securing the right to transfer money out of the West African nation after the federal government sought to freeze its accounts. This Day newspaper reported that Justice

Bored with South African television? Future TV, a start-up founded by Johannesburg IT businessman Steven Cohen, wants to give local couch potatoes access to the world’s streaming services without the hassle of having to jump through technical hoops to do it

Far from pulling out of Nigeria over the record-setting US$3,9bn fine imposed on it by regulatory authorities in the West African nation, MTN has reportedly gone ahead with the acquisition of