South Africa’s economy exited its second recession in almost a decade in the three months ended 30 June after agricultural output surged. GDP increased at an annualised 2.5% in the second quarter

It’s ironic that the two keynote addresses (from both government and Telkom) on the first day of the operator’s Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference

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Econet Global subsidiary Liquid Telecom, which bought South Africa’s Neotel earlier this year in a R6.5bn deal, has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on its East Africa fibre ring. The upgrade to 100G

South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has expanded into the UK after introducing a new strategic investor in the form of UK-based Draper-Gain Investments. This decision to open the London office comes after the

Bell Pottinger has been thrown out of the UK industry body for public relations companies in an unprecedented ruling following an investigation into work it carried out on behalf of the Gupta family in South Africa. The company’s

You all need to just chill out a little. Seriously. Bitcoin took a hit over the last few days because of China. That has cryptocurrency markets in a panic. But if we channel the deeper sentiment of the true believers, even a massive crackdown

The closure of the 159-year-old department store Stuttafords, which had been described at the “Harrod’s of South Africa”, has brought to the fore important questions about how industries need

On Monday last week, Richard Poplak, in his Trainspotter column on the Daily Maverick website, wrote a funny but scathing rant about the two Zuma sons, Edward and Duduzane (or is that Duduzani?). By Tuesday

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Michael Jordaan, founder and CEO of Montegray Capital. Jordaan, the former CEO of First National Bank, talks about his investments in South African