Author: Staff Reporter

Meet the CEO is a new, weekly feature on TechCentral. The aim is to introduce our readers to the people behind the news by providing insights into the leaders shaping South Africa’s ICT industry. Our seventh interview

William Mzimba, the former CEO and chairman of Accenture Africa, has been appointed as chief officer of Vodacom Group’s enterprise business, replacing Vuyani Jarana, who resigned in October 2017 to take

Technology group Altron said on Thursday that it expects full-year headline earnings per share from continuing operations to rise by between 1% and 7%, while normalised Heps, stripping out once-off costs

Google has unveiled a new, lightweight search app aimed at emerging markets. The app, called Google Go, has been launched in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, and is available

Sagarmatha Technologies will no longer list on the JSE after the Johannesburg bourse pulled the plug on the public debut. The company, whose assets include stakes in Independent Media and online retailer Loot

Worldwide IT spending will reach $3.7 trillion (R44.5 trillion) in 2018, helped by a weakening US dollar, analyst firm Gartner said on Monday. That’s a 6.2% growth rate over 2017, the strongest improvement that

Thirty-three South African Facebook users installed the app that was used to scoop up personal information that was later shared with political marketing group Cambridge Analytica. However, 59 777 users

Former Dimension Data CEO Brett Dawson has invested R10m into Gather Online, a social discovery and messaging platform, and will join the company’s board as chairman. The money will be used to expand

JSE-listed telecommunications specialist Huge Group will list on A2X Markets, a new South African stock exchange, but will remain listed on the JSE. The rationale for listing on A2X is that investors will be able to

Former Gijima CEO Jonas Bogoshi and former T-Systems vice president Michael Buttner have joined Telkom’s ICT services business BCX as chief revenue officer and chief operating officer respectively. BCX said on