Reports emerged on Monday that five telecommunications operators, including South Africa’s MTN and Telkom, have designs on a new, superfast submarine cable system connecting Africa
Demonstrating just how much of an international business it has become, JSE-listed Naspers has announced that it will in future report all of its earnings in US dollars instead of rand
Just when it appeared a sale of state-owned fibre infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco to Telkom was a fait accompli, Vodacom may now intervene and make an offer to buy the financially
Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene has been appointed a non-executive director at Allan Gray. A spokesman at the company told City Press that Nene was appointed at a board meeting on
Netflix flexed its original programming muscle at a press event in Paris last week, bringing stars like Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Spacey and Ricky Gervais on stage to talk up its programming for the next few months. The company will spend around US$5bn
MTN South Africa has announced it will “zero-rate”, or provide free data, for access to the popular South African schools management software d6 Communicator to its 32m customers. The software, which is available for PCs and mobile
Which is the best African country for citizens to live in? A recently developed barometer has measured just that. The Good African Society Index, published in 2015, measures the quality of society in African states, exploring how
Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have implications for health and education
Despite some consolidation in the African banking market, most of the banks we speak to remain confident about future opportunities on the continent. However, we have noticed security steadily making its way towards the top of the agenda for bank
There is no want for topics today that concern South Africa. Race, the economy, our president’s naked emperor tendencies – these are all important. It is, in fact, refreshing to see all that discourse. In our most cynical moments we complain how the country is going backwards