Altech CEO Craig Venter believes East Africa remains a powerful opportunity despite the region dragging down the JSE-listed technology group’s results in the six months to the end of August. The East Africa business reported an operating loss
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Profits at JSE-listed technology and telecommunications group Altech have fallen sharply in the six months to 31 August as a result, in large part, of pressure on its once high-flying operations in East Africa. Profit for the period was R137m, down from R232m a year
Sentech has appointed Protas Phili as its new chief financial officer. He was appointed by communications minister Roy Padayachie for a five-year term beginning on 1 August. Phili is a chartered accountant who also holds a
Intel Capital, chip maker Intel’s investment business, on Thursday said it would invest US$5m in JSE-listed technology group Altech in a move it is describing as a way of tapping into the broadband boom taking place in Africa
Intel Capital on Thursday announced it has reached an agreement to invest US$5m in JSE-listed technology group Altech. It is the first investment in SA by Intel Capital, the investment arm of US semiconductor giant Intel. The agreement, which remains subject to
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will present a discussion document on local-loop unbundling (LLU) to the telecommunications industry on Wednesday morning. TechCentral rounded up the views of a few key industry leaders
JSE-listed technology group Altech has appointed Willie Oosthuysen as its new chief technology officer. Oosthuysen was previously a regional director for systems engineering at Cisco. Oosthuysen, who has replaced Ashraff Paruk
When Dimension Data unveiled its new brand identity and logo last week, it released two separate images of its chairman, Jeremy Ord, one from the 1980s, the other more recent, to illustrate to staff why
Altech Technology Concepts, a subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altech Group, has signed a partnership agreement with London’s Telehouse to manage its data centres. Telehouse is a subsidiary of Japanese telecommunications business
TalkCentral episode 34 is good to go. In this week’s pre-Easter long weekend special, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about Telkom’s Jeffrey Hedberg to join Craig Venter’s Altech as group chief operating officer