Seed Engine, a new start-up accelerator based in Johannesburg has received more than 300 applications for its three-month start-up accelerator programme and chosen six teams of entrepreneurs to benefit from its start-up “boot camp”, which offers mentoring and a shared workspace in Sandton. “At the
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A memorandum penned by Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) chairman Stephen Mncube, instructing Icasa councillors to back off on acting against iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), provoked an angry response from two councillors, internal correspondence in
There was a tight race between Sipho Maseko and Brian Armstrong for Telkom’s top job, a source claiming to have knowledge of the appointment process has told TechCentral. Telkom confirmed the news of Maseko’s appointment as its new group CEO in a statement to shareholders after TechCentral broke
The supreme court of appeal has handed down a judgment in favour of Nasdaq- and JSE-listed payments specialist Net1 UEPS Technologies, dealing a blow to Absa and its AllPay unit, which had earlier won a high court battle over the R10bn government tender for the payment of social grants. Absa claimed
Zimbabwean-born Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn is no career politician, having joined parliament only after the last general election in 2009. For most of her life, she was involved in journalism and, later, public relations. Shinn, 62, grew up in
As the farce called the South African Broadcasting Corporation plumbed new depths this week, a story related by Ivor Wilkins and Hans Strydom in their must-read book about the Broederbond, The Super-Afrikaners, became more instructive. Having won
Dimension Data, South Africa’s largest multinational technology services group, wants to double its revenue in the next five years, lifting turnover from about $6bn in 2012 to $12bn in 2017. At the same time, it has set itself a target of improving its operating margin to 7% from 5% now. The group, which is owned
Telkom has unveiled a redesigned brand for Telkom Mobile, it’s cellular arm, saying the change, which involves a de-emphasis of the name 8ta, reflects the fact that the company is now “mature enough” to attract higher-spending customers away from longer
Samsung Electronics took the wraps off its latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S4, at a no-expense-spared event in New York City on Thursday evening. TechCentral deputy editor Craig Wilson was there and took these photos from the event
New York’s iconic Times Square was plastered with billboards from Korea’s Samsung Electronics this week and, come Thursday evening, the venue played host to a very public launch event for the Korean company’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. Gigantic screens showed