JSE-listed technology group Altron has acquired Microsoft partner iS Partners in a deal worth R225m. The acquisition is subject to Competition Commission approval. Altron CEO Mteto Nyati said the deal gives
It may seem a trivial matter, but the significance of the decision by new Eskom group chief executive Phakamani Hadebe to reintroduce weekly system status bulletins cannot be overstated. On Thursday, at the launch of the first
The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42bn (R547bn) of market value over the weekend and extending this year’s slump in bitcoin to more than 50%. Some observers pinned the retreat on an
Xbox previewed a flurry of new titles and deals with studios as the videogaming division of Microsoft looks to compete more intensely with Sony’s PlayStation and a resurgent Nintendo. The new products, announced on Sunday
Vodacom Group has announced a planned R17.5bn black economic empowerment deal with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Thebe Investment Corporation and existing BEE shareholder YeboYethu that will take its BEE ownership to about
In a full-page, paid-for open letter in the Sunday Times, addressed to “the political leaders of South Africa”, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko implored the politicians to have a national conversation about the importance of ICT
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss the big Vumatel sale to Remgro’s Community Investment Ventures Holdings. Also in the show, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko’s open letter to South
Bitcoin extended losses for a third day, tumbling 12% on Sunday as South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said there was a “cyber intrusion” in its system. The largest cryptocurrency declined to US$6 749 as of 2pm in New
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined on a call by Pieter Uys, nonexecutive chairman of Community Investment Ventures Holdings, which has just
Community Investment Ventures Holdings, a shareholder in Dark Fibre Africa, announced on Friday is has bought 34.9% of fibre-to-the-home pioneer Vumatel and plans to buy the remaining 65.1% soon, subject