South Africa has been known as the continent’s second-largest economy since Nigeria re-based its GDP data in early 2014. However, the IMF World Economic Outlook released in mid-April provided more sobering GDP statistics for South Africa
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Global media and Internet giant Naspers has opened an office in San Francisco, the US city renowned for housing top internet giants such as Facebook and Google. Naspers’s opening of its San Francisco
MTN Group has appointed Babak Fouladi as group executive for technology and information systems. Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and IT strategy across
Former Datatec chief financial officer Ivan Dittrich, who left the JSE-listed global IT group in 2012 to take the same position at telecommunications group Vodacom, replacing Rob Shuter, is returning to his old job. Datatec said
Popular mobile instant messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, has finally launched native desktop versions of its application for Windows and Mac. “Today we’re introducing a desktop app so you have a new way to stay in touch
Labour minister Mildred Oliphant conceded on Tuesday that a meeting between cabinet ministers and South Africa’s four banks had taken place. However, she didn’t want to provide further details as the ministers were still to report back to cabinet
The department of telecommunications & postal services has started to accelerate the rationalisation of state-owned entities to save money. Minster Siyabonga Cwele on Tuesday said that the programme to rationalise
First National Bank’s mobile virtual network operator, FNB Connect, has announced it is zero-rating its customers’ WhatsApp data traffic. It’s the second operator in South Africa, after Cell C, to introduce zero-rated WhatsApp. All data
The funds that invest money with the Public Investment Corp (PIC) lost more than R100bn when President Jacob Zuma fired former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene on 9 December 2015, said Daniel Matjila, CEO of the organisation
Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Eskom’s credit rating with a negative outlook, following the affirmation of the country’s sovereign credit rating. The power utility was placed on review for a potential downgrade