Author: Staff Reporter

New research from GfK shows South African consumers continue to clamour for smartphones, with entry-level model driving demand, but PC sales continue to flounder.
Smartphone unit sales in South Africa climbed by

Cape Town-based machine-learning specialist DataProphet has concluded a multimillion-dollar funding round from venture capital provider Knife Capital.
Knife Capital invests via a consortium of funding

Naspers plans to lessen its exposure to China’s Tencent by reducing its stake from 33.2% to 31.2%, the JSE-listed technology and media group said in a statement to shareholders on Thursday. It will dispose of up to 190m shares

The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), South Africa’s largest administrator of Internet domain names, has slammed .ZADNA, the regulator, over a proposal to open second-level .za domains for registration. The

Mergers and acquisitions in the technology and telecommunications sectors in Africa and the Middle East will more than quadruple in 2018 compared to 2017, according to a new forecast from multinational law firm Baker McKenzie

Dark Fibre Africa’s SqwidNet business has signed a partnership deal with Internet of things (IoT) specialist SMME IoT with the aim of connecting a million devices in South Africa in a three- to five-year period

The complaints and compliance committee of communications regulator Icasa will next week hear a complaint against MTN South Africa, brought by state-owned Transnet, after the mobile operator allegedly

Vodacom has found that deploying mobile broadband in deep rural areas can be financially rewarding. The operator said on Tuesday that it has built seven new 3G sites in the deep rural areas of Umhlabuyalingana

Communications regulator Icasa has established a Consumer Advisory Panel. The panel’s purpose is to advise Icasa on all consumer-related issues in broadcasting, telecommunications and postal services. The

SAP has moved to fill the vacancy left by former MD Brett Parker, who resigned last year following allegations the company paid kickbacks to Gupta-owned companies to secure contracts at state-owned enterprises. The