Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
Amid stiff competition, DStv is cutting hardware costs and letting households split subscription payments.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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Despite the current turmoil in Afghanistan, MTN Group continues to operate its mobile network in the war-torn Middle Eastern country, providing services to 6.3 million subscribers.
Chinese-owned Uber Technologies rival Didi Chuxing Technology – better known as DiDi – will be launched in Johannesburg and Pretoria next Monday, 23 August.
Mastercard is phasing out cards with magnetic stripes, more than six decades after the technology was first introduced, as consumers adopt chip- and tap-based payments in increasing numbers.
Facebook and some of the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, China Mobile and MTN Group, are set to build a wider-than-earlier-planned giant subsea cable in Africa.
A trading update for the first half of the year from Massmart on Friday spooked investors who had been banking on a stronger recovery. Game is at the centre of the problems.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has strongly criticised communications regulator Icasa for attempting to “micromanage” the sector.
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Apple was sued by customers who claim the company is unlawfully disclosing and selling information about people’s iTunes purchases as well as their personal data.
US President Donald Trump says he may resolve a dispute over Huawei as part of a trade agreement with China, yet doing so would undercut American assertions the company poses a national security threat.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites late on Thursday, a key step in Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband service around the world.
The US has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 18 counts related to endangering national security by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information.
When Naspers stumbled on a little-known Chinese Internet company in 2001, it could not have dreamed that a US$32m investment would account for more than 80% of the media conglomerate’s R200bn market cap now. Tencent Holdings is the largest Internet solutions provider in China and Naspers, which
A harsh spotlight is shining on Michael Hulley, Jacob Zuma’s personal lawyer and presidential legal adviser, who was responsible for the legal integrity of a social grants megatender that has turned out to be a mess. The SA Social Security Agency appointed Hulley in July last year as a “strategic adviser … to ensure
