Author: Staff Reporter

Vodacom has taken the wraps off its much-anticipated VodaPay “super app” in South Africa, designed in collaboration with Alibaba Group-owned fintech services platform Alipay.

Netflix is doubling down on its efforts to grow its market share in sub-Saharan Africa – including South Africa – by launching a new, lower-cost, mobile-only plan.

Eskom on Friday said it will implement a conditional 1.5% wage increase, potentially setting the stage for a showdown with unions, which had been demanding far more.

Cell C said on Wednesday that is has made significant progress in migrating its customers off its own radio access network to the network of roaming partner MTN.

Telkom’s streaming video platform, TelkomOne, which was launched in November in partnership with the SABC, has unveiled a catch-up service, allowing viewers to watch linear content on demand.

EOH Holdings, the JSE-listed technology services group, has appointed IBM veteran Ziaad Suleman as chief commercial officer of its core iOCO business.

Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this year, its director of IT said in a recording.

Fibre-to-the-home operator Octotel, which was recently acquired by emerging markets investment firm Actis, is boosting customer line speeds at no cost, it said on Friday.

Turnover at the entertainment chain peaked in the year to 31 August 2010 at R952-million. It closed all remaining stores at the end last month, after announcing the decision in January.

Cape Town-headquartered edtech specialist HyperionDev has secured more than R50-million in funding, some through private investments and some through public crowdfunding.