Author: Staff Reporter

Altron subsidiary Bytes UK has agreed to buy 100% of Blenheim, the holding company of British value-added reseller Phoenix Software, for £35.9m, or about R650m. The deal will be funded through a combination

Internet service provider Webafrica is splitting into two businesses, one focused on providing Internet access and the other providing hosting services. In a post on Webafrica’s website, CEO Tim Wyatt-Gunning said the company’s

Naspers is spending €660m, or about R10.6bn, increasing its stake in one of Europe’s fastest-growing online food order and delivery businesses, Delivery Hero. For the money, Naspers is buying an additional 13% of the

The sale of tablet computers in South Africa has tanked, but smartphone sales continue to “boom”, despite the weak economy, new data from GfK shows. Media tablet sales shrank by 40% in the first half of 2017

Vodacom and MTN both said on Wednesday that they are making significant progress in rolling out Internet of things (IoT) infrastructure in South Africa. MTN Business said it has embarked on an “aggressive

Government wants South Africa to host the 2018 edition of the International Telecommunication Union’s flagship global conference, the Telecom World Exhibition, the department of telecoms & postal services said

Communications regulator Icasa will make no changes to call termination rates for the next 12 months, it said at the weekend. Icasa had been expected to announce new rates by the end of September, when the

Cell C on Tuesday said it has appointed Douglas Craigie Stevenson as chief operating officer with immediate effect. Craigie Stevenson joins Cell C from Telekom Networks Malawi, where he has served as CEO for the past two

A team of experts from international law firm Baker McKenzie is still busy with its investigation into a “kickbacks” scandal at the South African subsidiary of German software giant SAP, the company

South African start-up Project Ubu, which is working to combine the idea of a universal basic income (separate from government-led initiatives) with a blockchain-housed cryptocurrency, has announced plans to