Worldwide IT spending will grow by 2,7% in 2017 to reach US$3,5 trillion (a staggering R47,5 trillion in soft-currency terms), according to a new forecast from Gartner. The analyst firm said 2017 is poised to be a “rebound

As Norway switches off its FM radio network this week, other nations have abandoned similar plans, leaving the Scandinavian country a lonely beacon of digital-only broadcasting in a world that’s rapidly

Robert Mugabe’s government has been accused of using new regulated floor prices for telecommunications services as a way of making it unaffordable for Zimbabweans to use social media. The country’s telecommunications regulator

Bitcoin fell more than 16% on worries that Chinese authorities are going to tighten their oversight of the digital currency. The price of bitcoin touched a low of US$761,86 on Wednesday, down more than 16% on the day

Eskom issued a statement on Tuesday night highlighting the net loss to the economy of R9bn in 2016 as a result of its renewable power purchases from independent power producers. This follows Eskom being criticised for its

The Sun Exchange, a Western Cape-based company “streaming money from sunshine”, appears to have clocked a trio of firsts upon the completion of its pilot project: crowdfunding a solar photovoltaic plant at the