MTN has increased its South African subscriber base by 1.5% to 31.2m, with revenue rising by 1.6%, the telecommunications group said on Thursday. “MTN South Africa delivered an encouraging performance, supported

Crypto money is going to change the world fundamentally. That’s the word from Russell Lamberti, an economist and the head of ETM Macro Advisers, who believes the stage is set for a showdown between

South Africa’s debt-laden state-owned companies may represent the single biggest risk to the country’s economy, according to Nedbank CEO Mike Brown. The assets, which include power utility Eskom

The community supporting bitcoin has long tried to avoid a so-called “hard fork” splitting the currency in two. On Tuesday, it happened anyhow. The idea behind the change is to speed up transactions

One can’t accuse Terry Shatenstein and Ari Kahn of thinking small. They have dreamt up a way they think will help connect the billions of people worldwide who don’t have access to telephony to the telecommunications grid for the first time

A raft of e-mails leaked to South African media about how the Gupta family have won billions of rand of contracts from state-owned companies and influenced government decisions through their

Thank you for downloading the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to former lecturer and ICT policy and regulatory expert Charley Lewis on the ICT sector in South Africa and how it’s

Fibre-to-the-home operator Vumatel has officially launched 200Mbit/s fibre options on its network, it said on Wednesday. The products will be available in both symmetrical and asymmetrical versions

Apple gave a revenue forecast that highlighted resilient demand for the iPhone ahead of the launch of its new models and the growing significance of the company’s supporting businesses. New iPhones

Vodacom is unable to expand its 4G/LTE network in rural areas because it simply does not have the spectrum it needs to do so at an affordable cost. Group chief technology officer Andries Delport said at a press conference in Sandton on Tuesday