Widespread penetration of cellular phones with integrated digital radio receivers is crucial if the technology is going to take off in South Africa. That’s the view of Primedia Broadcasting CEO Omar Essack, who was speaking to TechCentral
South Africa has leapfrogged into the information age with extensive wireless communications services and speedy smartphone adoption. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently reported that mobile Internet penetration is expected to exceed 70% in
The finance world’s attempt to build a white-collar version of blockchain – the shared-ledger technology that underpins rebellious virtual currencies such as Bitcoin – has generated Silicon Valley quantities of buzz. There hasn’t
Naspers-owned Internet video-on-demand service ShowMax should now be much quicker and more responsive in Kenya. This is after the company partnered with Seacom to put caching servers on the ground in the East African nation. The servers are located
It has been nearly two months since MTN Zakhele, the much-lauded black economic empowerment scheme of MTN Group, expired and several shareholders are yet to receive the proceeds from their
A mobile payments proof of concept focused on townships around Durban in KwaZulu-Natal will be expanded to sites around the country, financial technology start-up iKhokha has said. iKhokha, which
Apple is piling onto lawsuits that attack the way Qualcomm licenses technology for mobile phones in a widespread effort to rake back profits in a slowing market. The latest suit by Apple, filed on Friday, alleges that Qualcomm has unfairly used
Apple has sued Qualcomm, accusing it of monopolising the market for chips for wireless devices and withholding US$1bn in retaliation for cooperating with South Korean antitrust authorities. Apple is demanding Qualcomm
It was the battery, after all. In a presentation and news conference on Monday that lasted more than two hours, Samsung Electronics detailed the results of its investigation into Galaxy Note7 smartphones that overheated and burst into flames last
If you frequent the conferences and launches held by technology companies, you would surely have come across statements similar to the following: “Up to 40% of today’s Fortune 500 companies will not be around in a decade’s time. They will