Orange plans to distribute as many as 20 000 solar kits in four African countries in partnership with UK-based renewable energy firm BBOXX as an increasing number of companies seek to roll out off-grid solar power
A record wave of stock is heading for Ghana’s market as MTN Group is said to prepare to sell a chunk of its local unit to investors for about $790m (R9.2bn). The shares should be snapped up, the country’s
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest top-tier smartphone to bring the fight to Apple and Samsung, as the Chinese start-up readies a highly anticipated initial public offering.
Co-founder Lei Jun showed off the MIX 2S, which
You can now tip your Uber driver directly from the app in South Africa. The Internet ride-hailing company announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the tipping feature with immediate effect. At the end of each trip, Uber
In this wide-ranging episode of The Best in Tech podcast, host Regardt van der Berg chats to 702’s Aki Anastasiou about how technology has changed traffic reporting, the future of autonomous cars in South Africa
SqwidNet, the Internet of things (IoT) network operator launched as a partnership between Dark Fibre Africa and France-headquartered IoT specialist Sigfox, now covers 83% of South Africa’s population, it said on
Facebook is heading toward its worst month since May 2013 after an analyst report warned of a temporary pullback in advertising and the US Federal Trade Commission confirmed it’s investigating the social
Free Wi-Fi must be provided to communities in both metropolitan and rural areas, and to all public schools, clinics and libraries, the ANC has resolved. The resolution is contained in the report of the party’s 54th
The SABC board said on Monday that “decisive and appropriate action” will be taken if allegations of fraud and corruption related to a R185m security tender awarded in July 2017 are proven to be true. The Star newspaper
Late on Friday, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk and chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos spoke to analysts about the group’s decision to sell 2% of its stake in Chinese Internet giant Tencent. Van Dijk explained the rationale