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The troubles facing financially distressed mobile operator Cell C have taken a dramatic turn. TechCentral received this open letter from CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson on Wednesday evening, which we publish here in full.

Former State IT Agency boss Setumo Mohapi will take over as CEO of Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions with immediate effect, replacing long-serving CEO Saki Missaikos. The move comes amid a major management shake-up at Dimension Data MEA.

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Liquid Telecom has opened what it’s calling the largest data centre in East Africa, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The data centre currently occupies four floors, with 500sqm of usable whitespace and 160 racks per floor. The facility has been built by a new Liquid Telecom

StarTimes, the Chinese company that recently came to the rescue of On Digital Media’s TopTV pay-television business, has signed a 10-year contract with European satellite operator SES to expand its media footprint in Africa. The contact involves use of the SES-5

Author and technology activist Cory Doctorow has slammed the policies of the National Security Agency (NSA) and bodies like it, saying they’ve deliberately undermined online security without consideration of the long-term impact this will have. “Weakening the

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has released a draft national frequency allocation plan for public comment. All contributions will be tabled for discussion at a consultative workshop that will precede the publication of a final plan