Netflix has taken a small but significant step with the launch of its first-ever daily highlights show for the Afcon football.
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Naspers and Prosus chairman Koos Bekker has sold shares in both companies worth about R2.5-billion over three trading days.
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Herotel to Vumatel, but subject to an extensive set of conditions.
The Competition Commission has approved a deal that will see Open Access Data Centres expand its local footprint.
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It is not clear publicly just how bad the picture is across Eskom’s aging coal power station fleet. Strong indications are that things are bad.
IHS Towers has announced it will price its upcoming New York initial public offering at $21/share.
The price changes are effective immediately, Cell C said on Thursday. They seek to match or better recent price cuts from rivals.
Rich nations shouldn’t force South Africa to ban new coal-power projects, energy minister Gwede Mantashe said.
Cooperative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted the extension of the national state of disaster for another month.
Vantage Data Centers, a large, US-headquartered data centre specialist, has announced it has earmarked R15-billion to build what it claims will be the largest data centre campus in Africa.
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VMware has agreed to purchase two software companies on Thursday for almost $5-billion, expanding its reach in development tools and cybersecurity.
Google has outlined a plan to try and make surfing the Web more private while still allowing enough targeted advertising to keep publishers – and itself – in business.
Huawei Technologies used code names and secret subsidiaries to conduct business in Syria, Sudan and Iran, the US alleged in the extradition case related to sanctions violations against the company’s chief financial officer.
About 7% of telecommunications operators worldwide have already deployed 5G wireless network infrastructure, with the pace of roll-out expected to accelerate rapidly into 2020, according to Gartner.
A thick Australian accent belies the fact that digital agency Quirk’s CEO, 37-year-old Justin Spratt, is a South African and African at heart. “I f***ing love this place,” he says colourfully when I meet with him at the company’s Sandton offices. “I’m exceptionally passionate about Africa in general,” he quickly adds
Crime is threatening to tear apart South Africa’s fledgling fibre-optic telecommunications industry as naked corruption by local government officials, deliberate damage to infrastructure by criminal syndicates and repeated threats of physical violence force sector players to stop building networks in parts of the country that desperately need
