Apple led the market with a 20% share, the largest among the top five brands, according to Counterpoint Research.
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Starlink’s proposed entry into South Africa is facing mounting political backlash, driven by concerns over owner Elon Musk’s conduct and public statements.
Many of South Africa’s listed tech companies performed well in 2025, with some growing their share prices by over 70%.
Attackers are bypassing the very tools for e-mails designed to prevent them from gaining access to businesses.
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Load shedding, which Eskom had been expected to implement only during the evening peaks this week, will now be ramped up significantly.
Other nations and philanthropic organisations want to join the $8.5-billion climate finance deal offered to South Africa by rich countries.
A critical meeting to decide the future of Cell C was not able to proceed to a vote on a planned recapitalisation this week.
South Africans may soon no longer be required to wear a mask in public, including in supermarkets and shopping malls.
South Africa’s plan to create a separate power transmission company has been hobbled by restrictive debt arrangements with parent Eskom.
Telkom has launched two new mobile plans, Infinite and FlexOn, that it hopes will energise interest among consumers.
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Huawei Technologies on Monday reported a 13.1% rise in revenue in the first half of the year, showing slower growth as US officials continue to pressure the company’s suppliers and customers.
The US stock market has been on a tear for the past three months, and Big Tech gets much of the credit. But how can this possibly be when the coronavirus has inflicted so much damage?
White House adviser Peter Navarro said he expects US President Donald Trump to take “strong action” against Chinese-owned social media apps TikTok and WeChat for engaging in “information warfare” against the US.
Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma has cut his stake in the company over the past year to 4.8% from 6.4%, cashing out around $9.6-billion at its current share price.
UK videogames industry body Tiga has called for the products to be treated like other creative industries such as television or film, rather than mere “software”. There is a good argument for this. Games have been part of human civilisation for thousands of years. Egyptians played the board game
Here they are, TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2014. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for good reasons and bad. Also, check out our International Newsmakers
