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TopTV is set for a shake-up at the top, as the CEO of parent company On Digital Media, Vino Govender, looks set to leave the broadcaster. A source that spoke on condition of anonymity said that Govender would be leaving On Digital Media this week

Johannesburg-based open-source software start-up Snapt < http://www.snapt-ui.com/> launched only in August 2011 but already it’s drawing interest from top drawer customers, mainly international clients, including the US National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa). The company uses open-source software

Deloitte expects demand for consumer devices to continue to grow in 2012, even in countries that continue to feel the effects of the global economic downturn. Developed markets, however, are expected to experience lower growth in technology sales than emerging markets. Deloitte

Material, the upcoming SA film produced by Internet entrepreneur Ronnie Apteker and starring Riaad Moosa, surprises in two ways: firstly, it’s as tender as it is rambunctious and, secondly, it’s actually pretty good. Consider it Apteker’s apology for setting the hoodlums from Straight Outta Benoni loose

Simon Camerer, the man who “appointed” comedian Trevor Noah as Cell C’s CEO (“chief experience officer”) and who led the makeover of the cellular operator’s brand, is set to take the top sales and marketing job at DStv operator MultiChoice on 1 February. Camerer resigned as Cell C’s marketing director at the end of last year after

Financial management website 22seven has been live for just a day and already it’s facing its first serious challenge. Some of SA’s big banks have begun warning their customers not to provide their banking login details to the service, which aggregates users’ financial information to give them a graphics-rich picture of their income and spending

The raging controversy around new personal financial management website 22seven and the reaction from local banks form the cornerstone of this week’s episode of the TalkCentral podcast, hosted by TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod and senior journalist Craig Wilson. We ask whether 22seven

Yesterday, a new personal financial management service called 22seven was launched in SA. It allows you to track your personal spending and savings with tools for financial planning. The interface is slick and the intention of the developers, who I have spent some time in conversation with, is to make

Talks between JSE-listed telecommunications group Telkom and Korea’s KT Corp appear to be progressing well. In an update to shareholders on Friday, Telkom says a “diagnostic review” is “well progressed” and the two companies expect to finalise their finding within the next few weeks. KT Corp has expressed

Christo Davel, former head of now-defunct online bank 20twenty, has launched a new online financial services venture called 22seven designed to help people better manage their money. “Our service doesn’t have all the answers but it does have a few insights,” says Davel, who is CEO of the new company. “22Seven