Two of South Africa’s largest online retailers – and longstanding adversaries – have agreed to merge. Kalahari.com, owned by JSE-listed media and e-commerce group Naspers, will be folded into Takealot.com, the e-retailer that recently secured US$100m from investment firm
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South Africa has ranked 56th out of 144 countries, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2014/2015 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). Last year the country’s ranking was 53rd out of 148. The index looked at 12 “pillars” — institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment
A new website that maps start-ups in Cape Town wants to encourage better connections between the various new businesses in the city by giving them the opportunity to put themselves on the map – literally. Mapped in Cape Town went live on Monday and is
A shift away from focusing mainly on products and onto more complex value-added IT services appears to be paying off for Datacentrix. JSE-listed technology group has lifted headline earnings per share year on year by 16% to 24,3c on the back of a 9% improvement in
President Jacob Zuma has not received a letter from the national assembly requesting him to suspend SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala, the presidency has said. “According to media reports, the portfolio committee on communications in the national assembly has recommended
Deezer, a Paris-based digital music streaming service that competes with Spotify, is in talks with Vodacom “as it seeks to expand in Africa faster than its rival”, Bloomberg reported on Monday. An unnamed Bloomberg source said that Vodacom will offer its customers access to
It’s time for Tech4Africa. Now in its 5th year, Tech4Africa 2014 will serve up 85 speakers, including Cliff Central founder Gareth Cliff, at an event divided across 10 rooms. More than 250 talks were submitted for this year’s event. These attracted 14 000
President Jacob Zuma on Monday dismissed media reports that he was angry about the Gauteng ANC’s position on electronic tolling in the province. “South Africa is a democratic country and the leadership of the ANC in Gauteng has every right to state their views and that of the
The ANC in Gauteng wants to submit alternatives to e-tolling in the province, chairman Paul Mashatile said on Sunday. “Conference did not talk about scrapping the e-tolls. We said we don’t support e-tolling in its current form,” he told reporters at the
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts that 72% of South Africans will access the Internet through their cellphone by 2018. Will Cell C still be competing in this market and will these new mobile data consumers be getting bang for