Author: Staff Reporter

South Africa’s MTN Group and France’s Orange announced this week that they will bring “smart feature phones” to Africa costing as little as US$20. The phones will run an operating system called KaiOS – but what is that?

Two years after pulling the plug on its Mobile Money service in South Africa, MTN Group plans to relaunch the service in South Africa, according to sources close to the matter.

MTN Group plans to buy music streaming provider Simfy, according to a report.

Cell C said on Tuesday that it has completed the implementation of its roaming agreement with MTN South Africa.

MTN South Africa has edged ahead of rival Vodacom in offering the best video streaming experience, according to a new report from OpenSignal.

In what is being billed as part of the largest technology venture funding ever in Latin America, Naspers and Innova Capital have agreed to invest $400-million food delivery platform iFood.

Microsoft and Liquid Telecom have partnered to expand the availability of Azure cloud services to other markets across Africa.

Black, the streaming video entertainment platform owned by Cell C, has announced it will cut the price of its premium subscription plan by 80%.

MTN South Africa has denied it using an agreement with a company called Tuum Communications as a “guise” to hire restrained employees away from rival Vodacom.

Streaming music service Deezer – a competitor to Spotify, Apple Music and Google Music – said on Monday that it is adding local radio stations to its platform.