Korea’s Samsung Electronics is not buying Canada’s BlackBerry, the two companies said overnight, denying a Reuters report that an acquisition was on the cards. The newswire quoted an unnamed source as saying that Samsung had recently offered
Government shares responsibility with Eskom for the power problems gripping the country, Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said on Thursday. “The government co-owns the problem because some
International GPS specialist Garmin has acquired South African technology company iKubu, which is developing a radar system that alerts cyclists of what’s happening around them on the road. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. The Stellenbosch-based
Microsoft is making a play for emerging markets with two new low-cost Windows Phone smartphones. The Lumia 435, which is coming to markets across the world
Gauteng premier David Makhura and his executive council will present the e-toll review panel’s final report to the media on Thursday, his office said. The council would present the final report
Public hearings hosted by telecommunications regulator Icasa are due to commence later this week to discuss Vodacom’s acquisition of Neotel. The final decision will have far-reaching consequences, with the potential either to accelerate or inhibit the roll-out of high-speed fibre connectivity
A R17bn project to introduce tablets to government schools in Gauteng will ultimately boost the country’s economy, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday. “One of the factors constraining economic growth in South Africa is the relative shortage of e-skills
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura unveiled the first “classroom of the future” in a step towards paperless education at a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg on Wednesday. “I’ve already made an application, I want to join you in this class
The broadcasting landscape in Africa is poised for disruptive change, with locally developed television content delivered over mobile phone networks set to change the way people across the continent consume
Grade nine pupils in a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg listen attentively to their teacher as she asks them to work out an equation in a financial literacy class. But instead of scribbling the answers down in a notebook, the pupils each work out the