Zimbabwe’s state power transmission company has invited bids for the construction of 500MW of solar power plants as part of a drive to increase its use of renewable energy and end power cuts.
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Energy regulator Nersa said on Friday it will allow utility Eskom to recover R13.3-billion from customers for electricity supplied in the 2018/2019 financial year.
Dimension Data will retrench in the region of 480 employees following a major restructuring exercise announced in March that saw it pull the plug on two of its biggest brands.
Independent tower operator Helios Towers said on Friday that one of its South African subsidiaries, HTSA Towers, has agreed to buy 65 wireless telecommunications sites from Eagle Towers SA.
Net1, the company that used to manage the payment of social grants in South Africa, has appointed former Telkom and Eskom chairman Jabu Mabuza as chairman-designate of its board.
Minister Ebrahim Patel has backed down over government’s ban on unfettered e-commerce during level-4 of the lockdown, handing a stunning victory to an industry that has lobbied hard to have the restrictions removed.
A giant subsea cable to help bring more reliable and faster Internet across Africa will cost just under $1-billion (R18.7-billion at the time of writing), according to three people familiar with the project.
A massive new submarine broadband cable is to be built around Africa and the Middle East and is being backed by the likes of Facebook, China Mobile, MTN Group, Vodafone Group and Orange.
Telkom’s retail division has slashed the price of digital subscriber line broadband services for six months as part of a promotion.
JSE-listed technology group Altron has cut its final dividend by 24% to 55c/share to preserve cash amid the economic upheaval created by the Covid-19 pandemic.