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WumDrop is South Africa’s app of the year. The start-up was selected as the winner in the best enterprise app category and was also overall winner for its courier and fleet management application in the MTN App of the Year challenge. Developed by Benjamin
A bit of search engine manipulation has provided insight into the content that Naspers’s soon-to-be-launched subscription video-on-demand service ShowMax will offer. Doing a Google image search against the ShowMax.com domain
Web retailer and technology giant Amazon has announced plans to open an office of Amazon Web Services in Johannesburg. The new office joins the established Amazon Development Centre in Cape Town, which has been in operation since 2004
Acting Eskom board chairman Ben Ngubane disclosed in the utility’s integrated report that Eskom has already applied for a further R38bn of revenue to be generated through electricity tariffs. This application is currently under consideration by energy regulator Nersa
Shoppers at The Pavilion, a large shopping centre in Durban, can now pay for their parking using their mobile phones. MasterCard has rolled out its digital wallet service, called MasterPass, at The Pavilion, allowing shoppers to pay using their phones. The shopping
ShowMax is the name of Naspers’s Netflix rival, which will be launched to the media in Johannesburg next Wednesday. That’s according to a report on the entertainment news website Channel24, which is owned by Naspers subsidiary Media24. According
StarSat parent On Digital Media (ODM) has no intention of withdrawing a complaint it lodged against MultiChoice in 2013 at the Competition Commission, in which it accused its rival of engaging
Thieves robbing Eskom of conductors, cabling and related equipment cost the utility R102m in the last financial year, according to its annual financial statement. This was a 30% increase from the previous
Dimension Data is getting a new CEO for its Middle East and Africa business. Grant Bodley, who has been with the IT services group for the past 15 years, will be taking on the role with current CEO
Multinational media and technology company Naspers is gearing up to unveil an Internet streaming service that will take on Netflix in developing markets. A person with knowledge of the matter has said
