Legislative changes and lower-cost infrastructure are driving the advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream payments.
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Electricity market liberalisation, new trading rules and grid reform will define renewable energy progress in 2026.
South Africa’s latest trial of digital sound broadcasting – using DRM technology – is set to be launched next month.
The EU has formally rejected a proposal from operators that big tech companies should help pay for infrastructure.
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WiSolar, a South African start-up that sells solar power on a prepaid basis, plans to raise R45-million as it gears up for growth.
South Africa’s only driving licence card-producing machine, which broke down on 7 November, is to be permanently replaced.
MTN South Africa-owned Supersonic has appointed telecommunications industry veteran Megan Nicholas as MD, replacing Calvin Collett.
In a surprise development, Altron has announced that its CEO, Mteto Nyati, will step down at the end of June.
The situation in Johannesburg is bizarre and increasingly untenable.
Austria-based education technology start-up GoStudent has raised €300-million in a new round of funding led by Prosus.
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Ford is reinventing one of its marquee models – the Mustang muscle car – as a battery-powered crossover to become a player in the electric-vehicle market that is expected to take off in the coming decade.
HP’s board unanimously rejected Xerox’s unsolicited takeover proposal, saying the $22/share offer is too low and citing concerns about the smaller rival’s prospects in the printing industry.
Jeremy Corbyn sent shockwaves through London’s financial district as he unveiled plans to nationalise the UK’s broadband network, providing free Internet access for every home in the country.
This time it’s official. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person on Friday, reclaiming the top ranking for the first time in more than two years.
Nokia, soon to be part of Microsoft, is continuing its efforts to regain lost relevance — and market share — in the mobile phone market with a new high-end smartphone and its first foray into tablet computing. The tablet, a 10,1-inch Lumia 2520 with full high-definition
More trouble has rocked TopTV parent On Digital Media (ODM), still the only direct-to-home pay-television rival to MultiChoice and its DStv service. Two disgruntled ODM shareholders have taken the company and its business rescue practitioner, Peter van den Steen, to the high court in an effort
