Privately held telecommunications company Otel has acquired fixed and wireless broadband Internet provider Jireh Technologies. It’s the first acquisition made by Otel. In a statement, Otel, which focuses on the small, medium and
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YouTube plans to produce half a dozen original series that will be available for free on the world’s most popular video website, a big expansion of the Google-owned company’s programming and efforts to attract advertisers. Comedian Kevin Hart
Online retail store Takealot.com has been growing at a compound rate of 107% for the last four years as younger South Africans slowly but surely become more comfortable with online shopping. Despite this rapid growth
MTN Group’s former video-on-demand provider, Discover Digital, is starting a new South African online TV service with lender Investec, just days after its partnership with Africa’s biggest wireless operator was cancelled. The closely
South African streaming television specialist Discover Digital has taken the wraps off a new streaming TV service aimed at the local and broader African markets. The service, called Digital Entertainment on Demand
The Black Business Council has lashed out at Telkom over the departure of BCX (formerly Business Connexion) CEO Isaac Mophatlane, accusing the telecommunications operator of “an attack on black excellence”. Telkom said on Sunday
The high court has ordered President Jacob Zuma to explain why he made changes to his cabinet that included firing Pravin Gordhan as finance minister in March, a move that sparked street demonstrations and a downgrade of the
Business leaders told President Jacob Zuma at a meeting last week that trust between the government and the private sector was destroyed when the South African leader fired his finance minister in March
A nuclear programme cannot be implemented in a fiscally responsible way in the current economic growth environment, an analyst warns. “Any single way you look at it, nuclear does not work in the current growth
Nasdaq-listed technology education company 2U has announced it is acquiring Cape Town-based start-up GetSmarter for $103m (about R1,4bn). GetSmarter, founded by brothers Sam and Rob Paddock, develops online short