Naspers affiliate Tencent is looking to bring its paid music app Joox to some of Africa’s most populous countries after the streaming service proved a hit in Southeast Asia.
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EOH Holdings is poised to slash employee salaries by as much as 20% in an effort to stave off a potential Covid-19 lockdown-induced crisis at the JSE-listed IT services group.
Mike Stopforth joins TechCentral for a discussion on what the Cerebra founder and former CEO has planned next. He also looks back at the founding, growth and eventual sale of Cerebra to WPP.
Google is releasing new data about how the coronavirus pandemic has cut down on foot traffic to transit centres, retail stores and public parks, including those in South Africa.
Helios Towers’ plans to expand following last year’s London share sale may have been waylaid by the coronavirus outbreak, but the Africa-focused company has $350-million primed and ready for when deal-making can resume.
The West Africa Cable System has begun carrying traffic again after a cable break off the coast of England last week interrupted services between South Africa, and other African countries, and Europe.
Meal-kit delivery service start-up UCOOK, which provides the ingredients to help people make high-quality homemade meals, has seen a huge spike in demand since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has moved to assure South Africans that contact tracing in Covid-19 cases will not be used to spy on citizens.
JSE-listed technology group Altron looks set to list its UK subsidiary, Bytes Technology Group, in an effort to further unlock shareholder value.
South African Internet entrepreneur and Civic CEO Vinny Lingham joins TechCentral for a wide-ranging discussion on everything from the Covid-19 crisis to the price of bitcoin and the latest developments at his latest start-up, Civic.