Former Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig has “not entered into any contracts with any company” but is still keen to reenter the SA’s telecommunications industry after 1 April when his restraint of trade with his former employer expires. Speaking to TechCentral on
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An entrepreneur is anyone who risks everything to follow their passion. Period. The key ingredient is “risk everything”: all in, no going back, no plan B, sell your house if it doesn’t work. This is not easy. This single element – everything – separates
World of Avatar, the technology investment vehicle headed by Alan Knott-Craig, said on Thursday it is buying social media and instant messaging platform MXit from media group Naspers and the service’s founder, Herman Heunis. But does the deal make sense?
Alan Knott-Craig’s investment vehicle, World of Avatar, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 90% of Stellenbosch-based MXit for an undisclosed amount, with 10% remaining in the hands of its staff via a trust, which was set
Stellenbosch-based start-up Boom.fm is an online music discovery service that encourages group listening and looks set to make more South Africans familiar with a wider variety of local music. It’s also going to provide local artists with an additional
A former MTN consultant has thrown a spanner in the works over a lawsuit against Vodacom by its former employee Nkosana Makate, who claims he was the originator of the popular “please call me” service and is entitled to compensation
Former Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig is giving serious thought to returning to the telecommunications industry when his restraints of trade with his former employer come to an end early next year
It’s Friday again, and that means it’s time for the latest episode of TalkCentral, the business technology podcast brought to you by the editors at TechCentral. In this week’s show, we look at former Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig’s
Episode 26 of TechCentral’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is ready for download. In this week’s show, your hosts Candice Jones and Duncan McLeod catch up on some of the big news of the past week
FireID, the promising Cape Town-based mobile security start-up, has found a white knight. Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s investment company World of Avatar has come to the firm’s rescue