Author: Staff Reporter

MTN South Africa has launched new prepaid plans aimed at informal traders and other small businesses, with prices starting at R49.

The former Africa Data Centres CEO has been appointed to a senior role in Cassava Technologies.

The introduction of utility-scale battery storage into the national power grid is imminent, but grossly inadequate, according to the South African Energy Storage Association.

Just a day after terminating a week-long bout of load shedding, Eskom said on Monday that rotational power cuts will return from 9pm on Monday evening.

Africa Data Centres has announced that its long-serving CEO, Stephane Duproz, has been replaced in the role by Tesh Durvasula.

The maximum percentage contribution by renewable sources towards electricity supplied in South Africa occurred at 1pm on 1 November last year.

South Africa has the second-fastest average mobile download speed in Africa at 19.2Mbit/s – beaten on the continent by only one other country.

Eskom will implement the first load shedding of 2022 from today, 2 February. The rotational power cuts will begin at 11am and continue until 5am on Monday.

Naspers has closed its OLX in South Africa, saying the move was done so it can focus its customer proposition fully on its property and motor vehicle platforms.

Moove, the African fintech start-up that partners with Uber, has announced its second major fundraising round in less than six months.