In November, at the half-year stage, I highlighted that Telkom was facing crises on a few fronts and that only one part of its business – mobile – was firing on all cylinders. With full-year numbers available, certain trends are clearer
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Telkom had a tough 2018 financial year, with group revenue flat compared to 2017 and headline earnings per share sinking by 18.4%. Mobile services were a highlight, while pressure on the fixed-line business and IT services
South Africa is facing a shortage of data scientists – a new breed of analytical data experts with the technical skills to solve complex problems. They’re part mathematician, part computer scientist and part trend
Meet the CEO is a new, weekly feature on TechCentral. The aim is to introduce our readers to the people behind the news by providing insights into the leaders shaping South Africa’s ICT industry. Our fourth interview in the
Former Gijima CEO Jonas Bogoshi and former T-Systems vice president Michael Buttner have joined Telkom’s ICT services business BCX as chief revenue officer and chief operating officer respectively. BCX said on
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod sits down with BCX CEO Ian Russell to talk about the company’s strategy following Telkom’s R2.7bn acquisition of the IT services provider. Russell talks about the
Former BCX CEO Isaac Mophatlane has joined the board of Crossfin, a financial technology investment business that has taken stakes in a number of businesses, including Innervation, WiGroup, Emerge Mobile (including iKhokha
South Africa’s big telecommunications operators are feeling the pinch of the tough economy, but financial results published in the past 10 days show Vodacom is weathering the storm better than its rival Telkom
First, the really bad… Telkom is staring at a cliff: in the past 18 months, its lost nearly 100 000 ADSL subscribers. In that time, it’s only added 73 710 fibre connections to homes. The trend has been
Telkom subsidiary BCX has launched a digital learning platform, providing free access to online educational content in the fields of science and technology. Learners, educators, school administrators and