US navigation specialist, Nasdaq-listed Garmin, is hoping to cash in on the potential growth that SA offers through its acquisition of its SA distributor, Garmin Distribution Africa. Garmin International director of
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Former Google SA country manager Stephen Newton has been hired by Naspers to head up the JSE-listed media group’s e-commerce platforms. As the CEO of the segment, Newton will responsible
Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba is quietly building a new type of telecommunications business under his Convergence Partners investment vehicle. From satellites to undersea cables
It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera. And now it’s coming to SA. Apple has confirmed that the iPad 2 will go on sale in SA this Friday. In a statement published on its website
The news that Sony has discovered an attack against its PlayStation Network servers, leading to the potential theft of the data of 77m users, sends a strong message to the business community. IT security risks are not theoretical
Africa may be better off building mobile broadband networks using evolved high-speed packet access (HSPA+) technology rather than leaping to next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) networks immediately
US navigation specialist, the Nasdaq-listed Garmin, is setting up shop in SA. The company has signed a letter of intent to acquire its local distributor, Garmin Distribution Africa. Terms of the deal have not
SA Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are testing the use of cellphones in flight mode on the national carriers’ aircraft. The move is a significant step for both the carrier and the authority
Computer companies are freeing themselves of the “Wintel” (Microsoft-Intel) paradigm that dominated the industry for the past 30 years and, in the process, are opening up opportunities for new product
A new communications satellite, Intelsat New Dawn, backed by SA’s Convergence Partners and international satellite group Intelsat, successfully blasted off into space from French Guiana on Good Friday aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle