Eskom is open to doing more business with the African continent, the utility said on Tuesday. Speaking at the annual African Utility Week that kicked off in Cape Town, Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane said that in the past 18 months, the power
After months of attacks by opposition parties, labour unions and the courts, President Jacob Zuma now appears to be on a collision course with a more dangerous adversary: his own ruling ANC. ANC secretary-general
The effective price per minute of mobile voice calls on South Africa’s largest mobile network has more than halved since 2013. While not explicitly disclosed by the operator, the current blended price per minute (across both prepaid and
At the I/O developer conference last year, Google debuted its first chip. The company kept the component mostly for internal artificial intelligence needs. On Wednesday, version two arrived
In this special episode of the TechCentral podcast, SensePost chief technology officer Dominic White, dialling in from London over Skype, chats to TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod about the WannaCry ransomware incident
A Rwandan regulator has imposed a fine equivalent to R112m on MTN, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Wednesday. The fine, a tiny fraction of the one imposed on its by
Tencent Holdings, in which South Africa’s Naspers holds a one-third stake, posted quarterly sales and profit that topped all analyst estimates as blockbuster titles including Honour of Kings drove a billion-plus users on WeChat
The global ransomware attack called “WannaCry” could have been avoided, or at least made much less serious, if people (and companies) kept their computer software up to date. The attack’s spread demonstrates
African Media Entertainment has made an offer to acquire financial news website Moneyweb in a deal worth as much as R29,6m. The deal, if it gets approved, will lead to Moneyweb’s delisting. In a statement issued after markets closed on
JSE-listed speciality finance company Capital Appreciation has acquired financial technology firm Synthesis for R132,1m. Synthesis is a specialised fintech company that provides software development, consulting and integration