Following the successful conclusion of Dimension Data’s acquisition of AccessKenya Group for R328m, the Johannesburg-headquartered company has announced that it has appointed its Middle East and Africa CEO, Derek Wilcocks, to the Kenyan company’s board
Although South Africa’s entertainment and media spending is expected to experience compound annual growth of 10,9% between now and 2017 – well above the global average of 5,6% – sales of physical books and music will remain flat at 0,4%, new research from PwC shows
Following Apple’s big iPhone 5s and 5c announcement, it’s been a quieter news week. So, Brett Haggard and David Greenway are joined by Telkom Mobile’s manager of device testing and certification, Shaun Behnken, to speak about the process he goes through in testing the wide a variety of devices he
Brett Haggard is joined by Steven Ambrose and Adam Oxford for an in-depth discussion that focuses on three things: Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c, Intel’s big announcements from the Intel Developer Forum and Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smart watch
Firm details have emerged about South Africa’s newest television offering, the free-to-air satellite platform OpenView HD, which is operated by Platco Digital, a sister company to e.tv. Platco on Wednesday released the names of the 16 channels that will be offered on its
Designed for those who want to keep an eye on their blood pressure without regular visits to a doctor or clinic, the Withings blood pressure monitor is a niche piece of gear that does what it says on the box. For those who need it, it should pay for itself
BlackBerry has taken the wraps off a new flagship smartphone, the Z30, powered by the BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system. The Z30 includes a 5-inch touch display and its 2 880mAh battery is the largest the company has ever put in a smartphone. BlackBerry has confirmed
Liquid Telecom has opened what it’s calling the largest data centre in East Africa, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The data centre currently occupies four floors, with 500sqm of usable whitespace and 160 racks per floor. The facility has been built by a new Liquid Telecom
Microsoft South Africa is looking for more small, black-owned software development companies to join its equity equivalence-based enterprise development programme. The company first launched the initiative in 2011 and has since signed deals with five local companies
Platco Digital, the company behind South Africa’s new free-to-air satellite television service, OpenView HD, has unveiled the selection of channels that it plans to broadcast from launch on 15 October. The company, which is owned by Hosken Consolidated Investments
