Author: Staff Reporter

Huawei said on Tuesday that its Cloud offering is now available in South Africa.

Open-access fibre telecommunications specialist Dark Fibre Africa has made its first move outside South Africa.

JSE-listed technology group Altron plans to move out of its staid corporate offices in Parktown to a new, 29 000sq m campus in Woodmead, north of Johannesburg, being developed by Growthpoint Properties.

Aerobotics, a Cape Town-based company that pairs drone and satellite imagery with artificial intelligence to help farmers improve their yields, has announced it has expanded a its Series-A funding round.

Seacom has formally completed its acquisition of Fibre Telecommunications after receiving the necessary approval of the Competition Commission.

Investec has demonstrated a digital identity system anchored in the ethereum blockchain that its believes could enhance trust and security in South Africa’s financial system.

Viu, owned by Hong Kong-headquartered telecommunications operator PCCW, joins Showmax, Vodacom Video Play, Cell C Black, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others vying for consumers’ attention.

The Johannesburg-based telecommunications provider said headline earnings per share are expected to rise by between 80% and 90%.

In a last-minute decision, communications regulator Icasa has given telecommunications operators more time to implement its new consumer protection rules related to data services.

The communications regulator has expressed “concern” that the listing of MultiChoice Group went ahead on Wednesday “even though there is a complaint before its complaints and compliance committee”.