Mobile penetration as measured by the number of active Sims in use in sub-Saharan Africa has reached 61% of the population. But this masks the reality that fewer than one in three people in the region actually owns a mobile phone. According to a new research report from
JSE-listed Adapt IT has acquired a 100% stake in South African oil and gas consultancy Aquilon in a deal worth R98m. The acquisition will allow Adapt IT to expand into Africa’s fast-growing energy sector and strengthen its SAP solutions expertise. Aquilon
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Tuesday welcomed a new legal offensive against e-tolling by two political parties. “We maintain the legislation lacks both ethical legitimacy, as well as formal lawfulness,” chairman Wayne Duvenage said in a statement
Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry is replacing the MD of its Africa region with immediate effect. Yudi Moodley is taking over from Alexandra Zagury, who has been named as the new MD of company’s UK and Ireland operation. Moodley will be responsible
Vodacom has won protracted international arbitration proceedings in its long-running dispute with Congolese Wireless Network, the minority shareholder in its operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Relations between the two companies
Stellenbosch-based Mxit, the social mobile chat company now chaired by outgoing First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan, has released version 7 of it social network for feature phones, with iPhone and iPad versions coming later in the week. The launch of Mxit 7 is
Brett Haggard is joined by Steven Ambrose and David Greenway for a mobile-heavy discussion in this week’s show. Topics in the mix this week include the FNB Banking App for Windows, Microsoft’s launch of 4Afrika, Android 4.4 KitKat, iPad Air
Vodacom has come out guns blazing against proposals by its regulator, Icasa, that mobile call termination rates be slashed over the next three years while giving the company’s smaller rivals a leg up through “asymmetry”. Icasa wants the new rates – which operators charge each
While there is and likely will always be fundamental disputes amongst economists and policymakers about the best models and policies for economic growth, there is now wide consensus on one thing: increased Internet and broadband access causes increased rates of economic growth
Standard Bank has become the second South African bank in a fortnight to announce a transactional banking application in the Windows Phone store, signalling growing interest in the Microsoft smartphone platform. The Standard Bank app for Windows Phone
