Author: Staff Reporter

Shipments in South Africa’s smartphone market declined 22.9% in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the quarter ended December 2019, International Data Corp said on Monday.

Stephane Richard, the CEO of French telecommunications giant Orange, wants to step up its presence in Africa and is mulling an entry into South Africa.

Vox-owned fibre-to-the-home infrastructure provider Frogfoot Networks said on Friday that it will extend free line speed upgrades, introduced during South Africa’s lockdown, indefinitely.

The SABC has launched what it calls a “target operating model” designed to ensure it is self-sufficient and financially sustainable so it doesn’t again have to go to government, cap in hand, for a bailout.

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies has rolled out Uber Cash in South Africa to encourage contactless payments amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Long-serving Internet Solutions executive Sean Nourse has been appointed as the new CEO of Internet service provider Webafrica following the departure of Tim Wyatt-Gunning.

Johannesburg households and businesses using prepaid electricity are in for a shock if the fixed charges proposed in the city’s draft budget are approved.

Analyst firm Gartner has cancelled the South African leg of its IT Symposium/Xpo event, which was due to take place in Cape Town in October, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has blamed an outdated slide in a presentation on Wednesday for creating fear that some parts of South Africa would remain on level-4 lockdown on 1 June.

Nasa and SpaceX are preparing for the first manned launch to take off from American soil since 2011. Watch the livestream here.