Netflix rival Iflix, a video streaming service that focuses on emerging markets in Africa and elsewhere, has secured US$133m (about R1.8bn) in new funding in a round led by US media giant Hearst. The company
There has never been a better time to be a politician. But it’s an even better time to be a machine-learning engineer working for a politician. Throughout modern history, political candidates have had
Netflix got a wake-up call from Walt Disney. Disney, the world’s biggest entertainment company, said on Tuesday it will stop supplying new Disney- and Pixar-brand movies to Netflix starting in 2019 and launch
President Jacob Zuma narrowly overcame a bid by opposition parties to topple him through a no-confidence motion in parliament. The real loser may be his own party, the ANC. Ruling party lawmakers rallied
Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom have all responded to communications regulator Icasa’s plan to force networks to change the way they expire users’ data, saying they will work with the regulator as it goes
President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence motion in parliament, ensuring that he’ll maintain his grip on power until at least the end of the year. The motion was defeated by 198 votes to 177, Baleka
Nokia is a brand that still has enormous cachet among South African consumers. In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Justin Maier and Patrick Henchie, vice-president and product
The South African firm that accurately predicted Britain’s exit from the European Union and Donald Trump’s victory in the US by analysing what users were saying on social media now believes that Raila Odinga is
Netflix has announced its first-ever acquisition, snapping up a comic-book publisher and pushing a strategy that has also been popular with major Hollywood studios for years: superheroes. Netflix agreed to buy
The rand could surge if President Jacob Zuma is ousted by a motion of no confidence parliament on Tuesday, though gains would falter if Zuma survives the vote, analysts say. The currency was the best performer among 31 major