More than 87% of all smartphones sold in the second quarter of 2017 shipped with Google’s Android operating system, with Apple’s iOS – the operating system used on iPhones – the only other platform to feature, with 12.1% market share
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MultiChoice has announced it will rename its DStv Extra bouquet of satellite television channels. Effective immediately, the bouquet will be known as DStv Compact Plus. The plan costs R489/month, and is placed between the
Naspers shareholder Allan Gray plans to vote against the remuneration policy of Africa’s biggest company because it isn’t aligned to the performance of the business outside a stake in Chinese media giant Tencent. Naspers
GreenWish Partners, a renewable energy company run by a former Morgan Stanley executive, is planning to invest US$800m (about R10.5bn) on solar-powered telecommunications towers across Africa. The project could fuel
The sale of ANN7 and The New Age to a firm controlled by Mzwanele Manyi may allow the media assets to keep operating after the decision by banks to stop dealing with companies linked to the Guptas, a family who are
Kuben Pillay is the new chairman of Cell C, while Larry Nestadt will serve as his deputy, the mobile operator said on Monday. The appointments follow the recapitalisation of Cell C and the purchase by
Controversial Gupta-aligned businessman Mzwanele Manyi is buying the Gupta-owned ANN7 and The New Age for R450m, it was revealed on Monday. A Manyi-owned company called Lodidox is buying Infinity Media
Showmax and Vast Networks, the open-access Wi-Fi provider owned by Dimension Data and Naspers, have reached an agreement to provide zero-rated access to the streaming content provider’s shows and movies for
South Africa’s insurance market is ripe for technology disruption, says Anthony Miller, CEO of Cape Town-based fintech start-up Simply Financial Services. Miller, a technology and data entrepreneur, and partners, actuaries
The Competition Commission has launched a market inquiry into data services, a move that could result in a big shake-up in the way mobile operators charge for and structure their data plans. The inquiry comes as pressure