Author: Duncan McLeod

Communications regulator Icasa said on Friday that it will oppose MTN South Africa’s urgent court application challenging a plan that could see smaller operators get first dibs at a crucial band for 5G telecommunications.

Huge Group has launched a takeover bid for fellow JSE-listed technology company Adapt IT. The all-share bid, at an offer price of R5.52/share, does not enjoy the explicit support of Adapt IT’s board.

MTN South Africa has become the second telecommunications operator to take the industry regulator, Icasa, to court over the upcoming spectrum auction.

The government of Eswatini has backed out of its pledge, made less than two weeks ago, to join the US’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.

The South African Revenue Service has published its very own Web browser, with support for Adobe Flash, to allow e-filing taxpapers to continue submitting their tax forms electronically.

JSE-listed telecommunications specialist Huge Group has applied to list on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market, it said on Monday.

Following Alphabet’s decision on Thursday to kill off its Loon Internet balloon start-up, Vodacom Group has said it will no longer proceed with a Loon project to deliver communications in rural Mozambique.

In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod interviews Clayton Hayward, CEO of fintech platform provider Ukheshe, about its acquisition from Mastercard of Oltio.

Eswatini – formerly Swaziland – has become the first, and possibly last, country in Africa to sign a pledge to join the outgoing Trump administration’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.

Dimension Data is looking for a buyer for its Mweb Internet service provider business and has appointed Standard Bank to lead the sale process, TechCentral has learnt from an impeccable source.