Author: Staff Reporter

MTN Group said on Monday that it has appointed former McKinsey & Company executive Chika Ekeji to the newly created role of executive: strategy and transformation.

Facebook has denied it intends sharing WhatsApp users’ contact lists with other Facebook properties when it introduces new terms and conditions soon that have caused an uproar among consumers.

Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp on Thursday said it has launched both video and voice calling on its desktop apps for Windows and macOS.

WeThinkCode, the software developer training academy that opened in Johannesburg five years ago, is expanding geographically, with plans to open a campus in Durban.

Technology group Alviva Holdings reported a 17% improvement in headline earnings per share in the six months ended 31 December 2020 but warned of further uncertainty ahead.

Convergence Partners, the investment vehicle created by businessman Andile Ngcaba, has acquired Ctrack’s operations in Africa and the Middle East from Nasdaq-listed Inseego.

JSE-listed Imperial Logistics announced on Tuesday that it has bought South African e-commerce logistics specialist Parcelninja. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Even with the 15.63% tariff hike to be implemented on 1 April, Eskom considers its electricity tariffs to be far from cost-reflective. Yet further big price hikes will mean alternative sources of energy become more viable.

Tarsus Technology Group, the ICT distributor that is currently the subject of a takeover bid by Alviva Technology Holdings – the parent of Axiz and Pinnacle – has appointed Anton Herbst as its new CEO.

Five criminals, who were found guilty on 50 counts of copper cable theft involving infrastructure owned by Telkom and Eskom, have been sentenced to a combined 1 250 years in jail.