Telecommunications clearly facilitates economic growth and participation. As such, countries should care about competitive outcomes in this sector. When competition works it can result in
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Few schools in South Africa have the ability to roll out effective e-learning programmes because of a lack of understanding of these platforms, says an industry insider. “Despite some pockets of understanding, in our experience
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday affirmed South Africa’s investment grade credit, and surprisingly kept its outlook stable, but it warned that political and growth concerns should be addressed. This follows rating reviews by Moody’s
During a particularly harsh winter, a group of hacktivists spreads panic by bringing down the US power grid. Millions of homes and businesses are plunged into darkness, communications are cut, banks go offline, hospitals close and air traffic is grounded
The blockchain is best known as the technology that underpins and facilitates Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But it is highly diverse and can be applied in a variety of instances. In essence, a blockchain is a computer protocol that enables the
Three hours, around 100 people, 1 400 Japanese ATMs and 1 600 counterfeit credit cards, was all it took for fraudsters to exploit Standard Bank in Japan. The bank, which stands to lose up to R300m, described the attack as a “sophisticated
Competition has broken out among telecommunications operators in South Africa as a result of an open-access policy intervention, being the prices which operators pay to access customers on other networks: the call termination rate. Prepaid mobile voice
eMedia Holdings, the parent company of free-to-air broadcaster e.tv and 24-hour news channel eNCA, among other media assets, has warned that its profits will nosedive in the year ended 31 March 2016. The group – formerly known as Seardel
South Africa has been known as the continent’s second-largest economy since Nigeria re-based its GDP data in early 2014. However, the IMF World Economic Outlook released in mid-April provided more sobering GDP statistics for South Africa
Nigeria and South Africa have again served to put pressure on MTN’s subscriber numbers, with group customers declining by 1,4% quarter on quarter for the three-month period ended 31