Elon Musk’s record on disinformation, power and accountability makes licensing Starlink in South Africa unacceptable.
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Starlink dominates South African headlines, but pricing and market realities raise questions about who it’s really for.
The improving currency should help drive down prices for software and hardware, including computers and phones.
Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.
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MTN Group is readying a huge overhaul of its brand identity, changes taking place outside its Fairland, Johannesburg head office have revealed.
Africa-focused fintech firm Flutterwave said on Wednesday it had raised $250-million in its single-biggest funding round to date.
Nedbank will on 15 March withdraw banking services provided to AEEI, the investment company controlled by controversial businessman Iqbal Survé.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has told parliament that every household in South Africa – whether rich or poor – should receive an allocation of 10GB of data per month.
The department of trade, industry & competition is preparing a notice that will ban the importation of analogue television sets.
Absa Bank has joined the Hyperledger Foundation, an open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies.
World News
Apple has acquired Seattle-based artificial intelligence company Xnor.ai, bringing on more talent in a key area of technology.
US President Donald Trump is poised to sign a deal with China on Wednesday that for the first time would punish Beijing if it fails to deliver on pledges related to its currency, intellectual property and the trade balance.
US President Donald Trump called for Apple to “step up to the plate” and suggested the company unlock iPhones used by the gunman behind the 6 December terrorist attack on a Florida Navy base.
Apple and the US government are once again at odds over access to iPhones involved in a terrorist attack, putting the world’s largest technology company under renewed pressure to weaken privacy features.
South Africa, where 80% of the adult population owns a cellphone but the median income is a mere R3 000/month, poses specific challenges to tech companies trying to make inroads into the cellphone market. For many, the solution has come in the form of apps that allow
While all the focus at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this week was on the announcements from big names in mobile, such as Samsung, Nokia and Sony, plenty of other interesting developments were happening on the show floor


































