Data centres are suddenly de rigueur in Africa, with new facilities being deployed across the continent as telecommunications operators and independent infrastructure providers build facilities to cater for rapidly expanding demand from African consumers

It has been 25 years since the first Internet connection was established in South Africa. Saturday, 12 November 2016 marks a quarter of a century since the first Internet protocol connection was made between the computer centre at Rhodes

It’s podcast time. In this week’s show, the Internet in South Africa turns 25. We look back at how Mike Lawrie helped establish the first Internet protocol connection to the US. Also this week, FedGroup’s interesting new

Brian Molefe, the CEO of South Africa’s state-owned power utility, said he will leave Eskom following the release of a report by the nation’s graft ombudsman into the influence of the wealthy Gupta family on the state and the

Retired public protector Thuli Madonsela should step back from commenting on the state capture report as she has no further role to play in the process, the presidency said on Friday. Madonsela’s continuing public statements

Former Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) chairman Stephen Mncube has died, TechCentral has learnt. Icasa spokesman Paseka Maleka confirmed on Friday that Mncube passed

South Africa’s embattled president, Jacob Zuma, is staying put. The writing appeared to be on the wall for Zuma, 74, as recently as last week, with more than 100 ANC veterans joining labour unions, civil rights groups and opposition parties

BlackBerry has officially stopped making its own phones, but the company has one last treat for die-hard fans: a new phone sporting its trademark physical keyboard. CEO John Chen had hinted at the phone in

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected the idea that fake news on the social network influenced the US presidential election and said echo chambers aren’t really a problem on the site. The company co-founder was responding

The failure to get access to additional radio frequency spectrum is forcing MTN South Africa to spend more on its network that it otherwise would have had to. MTN South Africa interim chief technology