Author: Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod

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.

Cell C’s full financial results, for the six months ended June 2016, provide detailed insight into the performance of South Africa’s third largest mobile telecommunications operator for the first time. The numbers are contained in a

While there are plenty of good ideas contained in the national integrated ICT policy white paper, aspects of the document are “dangerous”, especially when it comes to spectrum, Telkom chief commercial officer Brian Armstrong

The turnaround at long-troubled technology and manufacturing group Altron is picking up pace, with profit from continuing operations in the six months to end-August 2016 improving to R187m from R103m in the same six-month

How many customers does Cell C actually have? On its website, as well as in communication from the company over the past year, it has claimed to have over 20m subscribers. But a regulatory filing on Tuesday suggests it actually

Xiaomi distributor Mobile in Africa plans to open stores in South Africa focused on promoting and selling the fast-growing Chinese smartphone brand, its head, RJ van Spaandonk, said on Thursday. Mobile in Africa, which is a sister

Technology group Pinnacle Holdings has made an offer to buy out minority shareholders in Datacentrix and, if successful, plans to delist the IT services company from the JSE. Pinnacle told shareholders in a notice published on the JSE’s

The team behind a popular virtual reality arcade at Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is now planning to bring the concept to Johannesburg. Founder Zach Joubert, an advocate and member of the Cape

Government’s radical plan to shake up the way radio frequency spectrum is allocated in South Africa has been met with universal derision by ICT analysts and experts, who say it takes huge and unnecessary risks that could cause