Author: Staff Reporter

Cell C is moving to address growing political, regulatory and consumer pressure on the industry over the expiry of data and high out-of-bundle data prices by slashing prices and relaxing expiry rules. The mobile operator, South Africa’s

Telkom’s IT services business, BCX (formerly Business Connexion), has invested R50m in a new data science training academy, which plans to create 300 year-long internships over the next three years. The

The big daddy of streaming music services finally looks set to launch in South Africa. The company has placed a job advertisement for a senior editor and music programmer for the local market. The ad, which

Naspers is making its video streaming service Showmax available as a free value-added service to DStv Premium subscribers. An update to the DStv Now app, released on Monday, said Showmax

The JSE’s AltX is set to get a new technology listing. 4Sight Holdings, which recently acquired Digitata Mauritius for an undisclosed sum, will head to the AltX in October, the company said. The holding company

Alviva Holdings (formerly Pinnacle Holdings) has acquired two companies, one an infrastructure management firm and the other of a developer electric-car charging point software. The first acquisition

HMD Global has launched its first flagship high-end phone, the Nokia 8, in South Africa. The phone, which sports vanilla…

Vodacom shares tumbled almost 8% on Wednesday after parent, the UK-headquartered Vodafone, said it had sold a chunk of its shares worth almost R15bn to meet the JSE’s 20% free-float requirement. Vodafone said it sold about

The former chairman of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, is back in the hot seat, albeit in an acting capacity. He replaces outgoing acting chairman Rubben Mohlaloga, whose term as

Econet Global subsidiary Liquid Telecom, which bought South Africa’s Neotel earlier this year in a R6.5bn deal, has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on its East Africa fibre ring. The upgrade to 100G