While EVs remain the focus in this episode of Watts & Wheels, the conversation also turns to something far less planet-friendly.
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The Ilitha Telecoms CEO has argued that meaningful connectivity is what South Africa needs to unlock economic participation.
The partnership aims to use the scale of the SABC Plus platform to expand the reach of Microsoft’s AI training programmes.
Frogfoot has expanded its footprint in KwaZulu-Natal through the acquisition of fibre assets from Mitsol.
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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.
Facebook is to begin releasing experimental apps to the public as part of new product development plans.
South African business leaders are becoming frustrated with the pace of reform under President Cyril Ramaphosa. His cabinet choices and spending pledges haven’t helped.
South Africa’s troubled state-owned power utility has yet another thing to worry about – a big carbon tax bill expected to kick in from 2023.
Telkom is committed to switch off its legacy 2G network in South Africa within the next 12 to 18 months and will likely become the first mobile operator in the country to do so.
BMW’s first electric Mini will hit the streets by the end of the year, targeting urban buyers and giving the German manufacturer more ammunition to compete with Volkswagen and Tesla.
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The date for analogue switch-off in Kenya’s move to digital terrestrial television broadcasting remains unknown because, according to the Communications Commission of Kenya, countrywide infrastructure is still not in place. Government had originally intended to have the process completed by mid-June 2012
MTN Uganda has uncovered what it calls “irregular payments” totalling US$3,8m and has reported the matter to local police. The payments pertain to invoices for equipment the network never actually received. Uganda’s The Monitor newspaper reported at the weekend that MTN Uganda had been defrauded to the tune
The Kenyan government is ditching proprietary software in favour of free and open-source software alternatives in a move it hopes will save it money. According to a report in Business Daily, the migration away from proprietary systems will related costs go down by 20% initially but by as much as 80% within three
Attacks claimed by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram targeting mobile phone towers in recent days have also left 15 people dead and buildings burnt, including two schools, officials said Friday. More than two dozen mobile phone towers for various providers have been destroyed in cities across northern Nigeria this week
