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Google is scaling up investment in Africa by laying fibre-optic cable, easing access to cheaper Android phones and training a workforce in digital skills as the US technology giant seeks to expand on the continent. “We laid about 1 000km of fibre in Uganda and we are busy
Uber’s food delivery service UberEats is expanding to Pretoria, including Centurion, the company said on Wednesday. This is after the service was launched in Johannesburg last year and in parts of Cape Town early in 2017. Jambu Palaniappan, regional
There is now a strong possibility that the South African Social Security Agency will be weaned off its dependence on one operator which is able to dictate terms by virtue of a “closed-loop” system. This follows the news that the interministerial task team led
Google said on Wednesday that it has trained a million African people as part of its digital skills programme, beating a target of doing so within 12 months of its April 2016 launch. It has now committed to
US officials are planning to issue indictments related to the hacking attacks against Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter. The country’s department of justice is accusing four people of participating in massive online security
EOH is nothing if not consistent. The JSE-listed technology services company has again turned in a strong set of financial results, with headline earnings per share rising by 22% on the back of revenue that climbed by 21% to R7,2bn
Cell C has posted a net profit of R540m for the year ended 31 December 2016, from a net loss in 2015 of R5,6bn, on the back of strong customer growth. South Africa’s third largest mobile operator by subscribers
One of the world’s largest mobile virtual network operators, Lycamobile, will launch services in South Africa, Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos revealed at a media briefing on Tuesday. Though Dos
Will Smith’s next movie — part cop flick, part sci-fi — has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster except one. When Bright is released later this year it’ll be playing on Netflix’s streaming service, not thousands of cinema screens. Once an industry
The crisis swirling around South Africa’s system of welfare payments to the poorest third of its people has become a game of chicken. Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini insists that Net1 UEPS Technologies
