A system using satellite data to send free alerts when trees are destroyed has been linked to a significant drop in forest losses in Africa.
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South Africa’s biggest businesses said they are “seriously considering” a request by the government to help fund the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines as the disease curbs activity in the economy.
Six telecommunications companies have responded to the invitation to apply for access to radio frequency spectrum bands suitable for mobile broadband roll-out, with no real surprises among the names.
South Africa has tightened rules aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. These are the key restrictions published in the Government Gazette.
Eskom was scheduled to implement stage-2 load shedding from 10pm on Tuesday, despite many industries being closed for the year-end holidays and the tightened lockdown restrictions.
Communications regulator Icasa will challenge a court application by Telkom seeking to halt the auction of high-demand spectrum licences seen as a key pillar of attracting new investment.
Telkom has filed papers in the high court in Pretoria seeking an interdict to stop communications regulator Icasa from proceeding, for now, with the spectrum licensing process.
Nigeria’s demand that all of MTN’s 75 million subscribers be registered with national ID numbers in two weeks might seem like the authorities are gunning for it once again. It’s more nuanced than that.
MTN South Africa has launched MoMo International Airtime, which allows users to purchase airtime for recipients in other countries.
MTN is in a race against time to get about half its subscribers to comply with the Nigerian government’s stipulation that their Sims be connected to their ID numbers by the end of the year.