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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

Technology distributor Alviva Holdings (formerly Pinnacle Holdings) has reported headline earnings per share of 243.9c in the year ended 30 June 2017, up 23.3% from 197.8c a year ago. Despite

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

If the embattled South Africa Social Security Agency makes good on its promise, the South African Post Office will be contracted to take over social grant payments from incumbent Cash Paymaster Services in the next seven

The high cost of roaming in the Southern African Development Community region has come under the spotlight at a meeting of ICT ministers taking place in Durban, with renewed calls for operators to reduce roaming costs in

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

One of Bell Pottinger’s biggest investors has severed ties with the embattled PR firm, along with a growing list of corporate clients that are deserting the UK-based company as it attempts to weather a reputational crisis. Bell Pottinger

Liquid Telecom is planning to build more fibre routes across South Africa, with work expected to begin on a new leg between Durban and Cape Town, connecting the coastal cities of Port Elizabeth and

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