isted technology group Adapt IT has announced it will acquire specialist software firm CQS Investments for R216,8m. CQS Investments is a 20-year-old company with 4 000 clients. It develops its own software and distributes software developed by third-party companies CaseWare
Fast-growing listed technology services company EOH has announced it has acquired Mehleketo Resourcing, which employs 350 people and has a turnover of R300m/year. The value of the acquisition
Samsung is the dominant cellphone brand in the minds of urban consumers, according to new research by BMI-TechKnowledge. When asked what handset they would choose in the future, nearly a third of 1 500 survey respondents interviewed in metropolitan areas selected Samsung
Free Wi-Fi on Cape Town’s public transport infrastructure is nearing a finalisation phase, despite financial challenges, says a senior official. “The city has issued a tender to identify a service provider for providing Wi-Fi on MyCiti buses. This tender has closed, adjudicated
The Western Cape is the fastest growing province in South Africa for small and medium enterprises, while Gauteng has the most SMEs, new research shows. Results from the 2015 National Small
A new device, a biological sensor inside a nanochip that can detect bacterial infections in 10 to 15 minutes, will become available in 2016. Devised by a team of scientists from South Africa’s Stellenbosch University, the device is being patented and the Technology Innovation
Any Internet service provider that is worried that Telkom’s newly spun-off wholesale and network services arm, Openserve, will provide unfair advantages to the telecommunications operator’s retail arm is welcome, at any time, to come and study the company’s books
In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, podcast hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Telkom’s decision to create Openserve. Also on the show this week, we chat about technology shares on the JSE – and one or two non-tech shares, too – and talk about the idea (good or bad?) of a national open-access wireless network
South Africa and Vietnam have discussed stepping up cooperation in communication as well as maintaining regular dialogue to share information. This emerged during a meeting between communications minister Faith Muthambi and her Vietnamese counterpart, minister of
Trade & industry deputy minister Mzwandile Masina has spoken out against the sale of counterfeit goods at flea markets and business centres, saying it contributed to the proliferation of illegal goods in the country. Masina was speaking after he
