Liquid Telecom Group has acquired the Middle East & Africa operations of Quattro Business Solutions, a company that specialises in Microsoft Dynamics enterprise software.

The Biden administration will work to safeguard American telecommunications networks from “untrusted vendors” like Huawei Technologies that threaten national security, the White House said.

Naspers is looking at ways to reduce its dominance of the JSE, an issue that is hampering efforts to narrow a widening valuation gap between the company and its stake in Chinese Internet giant Tencent.

South Africa’s first vaccines will arrive in the country on 1 February, signalling the start of an inoculation programme that has been criticised for its tardiness.

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Promoted | HPE South Africa has honoured its local channel partners at its annual HPE Channel Partner Awards ceremony, recognising their achievements during a year characterised by turmoil and disruption.

Huge Group has launched a takeover bid for fellow JSE-listed technology company Adapt IT. The all-share bid, at an offer price of R5.52/share, does not enjoy the explicit support of Adapt IT’s board.

MTN South Africa has become the second telecommunications operator to take the industry regulator, Icasa, to court over the upcoming spectrum auction.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered his communications minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, to bring down mobile data prices by 50% by instituting direct controls on retail prices. This is a grave mistake. By Ivo Vegter.

Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, the second quarter of acceleration in a business where the global pandemic benefited its investment on working and learning from home.