Technology start-ups and the entrepreneurs who lead them should tackle the “many great opportunities” in South Africa and Africa more broadly rather than trying to emulate his decision to move to the US, says Gyft founder Vinny Lingham. Lingham, now one of the “dragons” in the South African
Have you heard of the world’s fastest growing language? It was born just 20 years ago, and already hundreds of millions (possibly billions) of people use it to communicate every day. You’ve probably used it today without even thinking. I’m talking about Emoji. These expressive little symbols have slowly
Altron TMT subsidiary Bytes People Solutions, part of the Bytes Technology Group, has made an offer to acquire Inter-Active Technologies, a specialist customer interaction management business, for an undisclosed sum. The agreement has been signed, but the deal is still subject to the approval of the
Cellphone network provider Cell C will launch an urgent court action on Monday to have a banner set up in Johannesburg by a disgruntled customer removed, a spokesman said. The application would be launched in the high court in Johannesburg against the WorldWear Mall
The average volume of data consumed per smartphone on Vodacom’s network in South Africa jumped by 55,4% to 336MB/month year-on-year in the six-month period ended 30 September 2014. The mobile telecommunications group revealed the numbers alongside its interim financial results
Cuts to wholesale mobile call termination rates led to a 1,3% decline in Vodacom’s service revenues in South Africa in the six months ended September 2014. Without the cut to the rates, which mobile operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks, the company’s service revenue would have
The decision by e.tv to review its editorial management practices was welcomed by the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) at the weekend. “Council has noted developments regarding allegations of editorial interference at eNCA implicating politicians, shareholders and
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday claimed evidence that SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng bribed a former human resources officer strengthened its case against him. “The evidence is mounting that Hlaudi Motsoeneng abused his power at the SABC even beyond what the
After years of inaction and delay in resolving some of the big policy bottlenecks holding back South Africa’s communications technology industry – a sector that has the potential to underpin economic growth and even to lift
Twenty years after the genocide, Rwanda wants to become Africa’s hi-tech hub. Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren already have their own computers and nearly the entire population is due to have Internet access
