Sipho Maseko is one brave CEO. The Telkom boss is about to take on powerful trade unions in a move to restructure the telecommunications operator’s business so that it can compete effectively in
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When used correctly, enterprise development (ED) can be a very powerful tool for facilitating transformation in a sector or supply chain, but the way telecommunications group Telkom is using it to mask retrenchments is simply wrong.
I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch for a month. Not because I’m forced to — even though it relates directly to my new career at immedia – but because I’ve actually wanted one since Tim Cook’s “one
In a little over seven weeks, Microsoft will deliver what is set to be the last big version upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system. It will mark the end of an era of packaged operating systems
In May, Vodacom announced that it had 9,3m smartphones on its network in South Africa (as at end March, the end of its financial year). That is massive, especially considering that a year ago, the number was 7,3m. Total smart devices on its network
It’s been a year since President Jacob Zuma shocked South Africa’s communications technology industry by announced he was splitting the department of communications in two, creating a new department of communications and, reversing the trend of
No, this is not morphing into a sports column. In fact, I’m not much of a sports fan at all, lacking both the fervour of a fan and the attention span needed to keep up. Sign me up for a bout of mixed martial arts, which even at the champion level doesn’t last
Innovative technology solutions are among the measures South Africa and the rest of the continent can look to in addressing the challenges in areas such as education, employment and health care
There is abundant evidence that poorer people in Africa are now using the Internet. In South Africa, most new users come from low-income households, many of them living below the poverty line. The
News this week that government appears finally to be making progress in publishing a policy for the allocation of radio frequency spectrum for broadband deployment is to be welcomed, even though it’s disgraceful that it’s many years late