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JSE-listed Adapt IT has reached an agreement to buy technology company Micros for R61,3m. Micros provides software, hardware, enterprise systems integration, consulting, support and

The introduction of the smartphone a decade ago has changed many things. It’s changed the way you find things in the dark; it’s changed the way you wake up; it’s changed the way you communicate; it may even have changed the

Safaricom is still facing the threat of being broken up as the Kenyan regulator weighs up a report on dominance in the country’s telecommunications industry, CEO Bob Collymore said. East Africa’s biggest company by market

Telkom subsidiary BCX (formerly Business Connexion) said on Wednesday that it will invest R60m in skills development over three years. The money will be pumped into WeThinkCode to more than double the number

National energy regulator Nersa has launched a formal investigation into Eskom’s refusal to sign at least 37 outstanding power purchase agreements with independent power producers. This follows a complaint by the South

Norwegian Web browser developer Opera Software has said it plans to invest US$100m (about R1,4bn) over the next two years in Africa. Part of that money will be used to establish offices in Kenya and Nigeria. “Africa is a very

Seacom has completed the repair of its submarine cable system in the Red Sea, a month after it was broken. But the company has now identified a secondary fault, which will require four days of “service-affecting” repair work next week. “The

South Africa has fined 21 companies and plans to penalise more for failing to comply with laws that compel them to employ more black citizens to help reduce inequality more than two decades after the end of white minority

Government is set to back encryption in digital terrestrial television, a sharp reversal of its position on the contentious subject, following the appointment of a new communications minister last month. Last week, political journalist

Anti-terrorist officials in the US are considering expanding the restrictions on carrying electronic devices in airline cabins beyond the handful of Middle East airports currently covered. Asked if the laptop ban could be expanded to