One of Bell Pottinger’s biggest investors has severed ties with the embattled PR firm, along with a growing list of corporate clients that are deserting the UK-based company as it attempts to weather a reputational crisis. Bell Pottinger

Liquid Telecom is planning to build more fibre routes across South Africa, with work expected to begin on a new leg between Durban and Cape Town, connecting the coastal cities of Port Elizabeth and

The former chairman of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, is back in the hot seat, albeit in an acting capacity. He replaces outgoing acting chairman Rubben Mohlaloga, whose term as

South Africa’s economy exited its second recession in almost a decade in the three months ended 30 June after agricultural output surged. GDP increased at an annualised 2.5% in the second quarter

It’s ironic that the two keynote addresses (from both government and Telkom) on the first day of the operator’s Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference

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Econet Global subsidiary Liquid Telecom, which bought South Africa’s Neotel earlier this year in a R6.5bn deal, has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on its East Africa fibre ring. The upgrade to 100G

South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has expanded into the UK after introducing a new strategic investor in the form of UK-based Draper-Gain Investments. This decision to open the London office comes after the

Bell Pottinger has been thrown out of the UK industry body for public relations companies in an unprecedented ruling following an investigation into work it carried out on behalf of the Gupta family in South Africa. The company’s

You all need to just chill out a little. Seriously. Bitcoin took a hit over the last few days because of China. That has cryptocurrency markets in a panic. But if we channel the deeper sentiment of the true believers, even a massive crackdown