Author: Staff Reporter

Eskom’s severe rolling blackouts last month had a significantly negative impact on South Africa’s economy, according to new data from BankservAfrica.

MTN South Africa has launched a trial indoor 5G network solution at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Centre in Johannesburg, the telecommunications operator said on Wednesday.

Microsoft has released the first preview version of its new Edge Web browser built on top of Chromium, the open-source technology that underpins browsers such as Google’s Chrome and Vivaldi.

Cisco South Africa has launched a R10-million incubation hub north of Durban. Located at Dube Trade Port, near King Shaka International airport, it’s the second such facility to be build by Cisco in the country.

Liquid Telecom has concluded a transaction with CDC Group, which will see CDC become an 8% shareholder in for an investment of $180-million.

After conducting high-profile public hearings last October, the Competition Commission is readying a provisional report on the data services market in South Africa.

MTN said on Friday that it will increase the price of some of its post-paid plans from 1 May and 1 June.

Nedbank has launched a secure application programming interface platform aligned with Open Banking standards that will allow technical partners to create new digital solutions.

Standard Bank Group said on Wednesday that it has selected Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider as it shifts various production workloads, including its customer-facing platforms, to the cloud.

Ride-hailing firm Bolt – formerly known as Taxify – has announced it will launch a food delivery service in South Africa, in the process taking on rivals Uber Eats and Mr D Food.