A mobile platform meant to help tackle unemployment in South Africa and founded by former telecommunications consultants has been crowned as the top technology start-up at an
The Malawian government has announced the drafting of new cyber laws to control the use of social media across the country, local newspaper Nyasa Times reports. According to information ninister Jappie Mhango, a bill that will impose harsh punishment
South Africa needs to be an extremely favourable investment destination if it wants to rescue the ailing economy and prevent it from reaching junk status, according to Chris Hart. A downgrade is likely on the cards for South Africa, said Hart, who was embroiled in
Nuclear fuel is not a big expense and South Africa will initially use imported fabricated fuel, energy engineer Andrew Kenny told the Power & Electricity World Africa 2016 conference in Sandton on Tuesday. Kenny’s statement comes
MTN has joined the growing list of South African telecommunications operators offering next-generation LTE-Advanced broadband services offering theoretical speeds in excess of 100Mbit/s over mobile connections. The company said
Communications regulator Icasa has rejected all five applicants, including the Gupta-controlled Infinity Media Networks, that were seeking new free-to-air television broadcasting licences in South Africa
Prof Duncan Charles Baker, a well respected South African engineer, educator and volunteer, passed away on 12 March 2016. He was 77. Baker, who was born on 5 September 1938 in Grahamstown
South African Internet micro-jobbing service Money for Jam (M4Jam) has ceased trading after failing to make a profit, the company’s CEO Andre Hugo has said. M4Jam was launched
Indications that national treasury is in discussion with JSE-listed Telkom and the department of telecommunications & postal services to formalise a “partnership” to manage the roll-out of South
First National Bank says it plans to close more than 20 outlets amid the growing adoption of digital banking channels. The bank came to the decision after it launched a review of branch related functions. The bank found that, during the expansion of