Author: Staff Reporter

Seacom, which operates a high-capacity undersea cable along Africa’s east coast, has acquired a Cape Town-based Internet service provider, MacroLan, for an undisclosed sum. The company will be used by

Tencent Africa, a joint venture between China’s Tencent and South African-headquartered media group Naspers, have entered the competitive local music streaming market with a R60/month service called

Vuyani Jarana is leaving Vodacom to take the reins at troubled state-owned airline South African Airways. Jarana, who has headed Vodacom enterprise business since 2012, will take the helm at the national carrier

Less than a week after announcing sweeping cuts to consumer broadband prices, and introducing unlimited “free” on-network calls, Telkom has now reduced communications costs for business customers, too. The new Unlimited Business

MTN has increased its South African subscriber base by 1.5% to 31.2m, with revenue rising by 1.6%, the telecommunications group said on Thursday. “MTN South Africa delivered an encouraging performance, supported

Fibre-to-the-home operator Vumatel has officially launched 200Mbit/s fibre options on its network, it said on Wednesday. The products will be available in both symmetrical and asymmetrical versions

Following the cuts in wholesale prices announced by Telkom’s Openserve infrastructure division last month, MWeb, one of South Africa’s largest Internet service providers, has announced new, lower-priced

Net1 UEPS Technologies, the group whose subsidiary, Cash Paymaster Services, controversially manages South Africa’s welfare payments system, has terminated the services of its former CEO, Serge Belamant, it said on

Altech Netstar, a subsidiary of JSE-listed technology group Altron, has acquired 100% of Australian fleet management business Fleet Logistics for an undisclosed sum. Fleet Logistics, which trades as EZY2C, specialises in

African Rainbow Capital, the black-owned investment company chaired by billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has acquired a 20% stake in 4G/LTE operator Rain (formerly Wireless Business Solutions). The value of the deal