Qualcomm has said it will engage in negotiations with Broadcom, the clearest indication by the company that it is open to a potential takeover. Following a meeting with executives at both companies on

MTN has emerged as Africa’s most valuable telecommunications brand, according to a new research report by brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance. The MTN brand is worth US$3.3bn, up 9% from

Sony has joined Samsung in debuting new high-end smartphones using Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 processor. The new phones, with rounded styling, mark a big (and arguably long overdue) change in the

The private healthcare industry is gearing up for a coding structure change that is to come into effect from 1 March 2018, whereby the existing coding conventions for anything from medicines to wheelchairs and surgical

Henry Ford didn’t invent the motor car. The late 1800s saw a flurry of innovation by hundreds of companies battling to deliver on the promise of fast, efficient and reasonably priced mechanical transportation. Ford later came

Late last week, two Silicon Valley powers got into an online scrum over a technology that is neither developing nor likely to take off anytime soon. On his grand tour of Asia, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi won

Mars One, a private company, has devised an ambitious plan to establish a human settlement on Mars and generate attractive returns for investors backing the mission. “It will be one of the most exciting things ever. Five hundred

South African company heads cheered the start of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, saying that business and consumer confidence were sure to improve following the departure of scandal-hit Jacob Zuma. The result should be economic

When Microsoft revealed a replacement to Windows 8, it skipped the number 9 and went straight to Windows 10. Apple’s iPhone 8 was followed by the iPhone X (pronounced “ten”). But Samsung refused to follow: the successor

HMD Global, which has the global licence to make Nokia-branded phones, has launched a new flagship device, the Nokia Sirocco, which will go on sale in April. The Android Oreo-powered smartphone, which has curved Gorilla