More than half a billion people in sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by the end of the decade, according to a new research report from the GSMA released on Tuesday. The GSMA, a mobile industry body, said in the report
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Jawbone is liquidating, though its CEO is starting again with a company that moves out of the fitness-tracker business in favour of health-related products, an area that deeper-pocketed rivals also are entering. Founded in 1999, Jawbone
Analysts argue that the influx of innovative new financial technology companies into the African market will challenge banks and erode their profit margins. Accenture estimates that over one-third of mainstream financial
Africa vs Poland. In Africa’s corner, we’ve got the insane beauty of Kenya’s Masai Mara, the rust-red dunes of Namibia’s Sossusvlei and a mountain in South Africa so lovely we named it after a bit of furniture. Warsaw is probably also
It’s finally here: the Model 3, Tesla’s $35 000 electric game changer. A single black Model 3 rolled off the production line on Friday with a serial number all its own, kicking off a company-defining six months. The car will belong to Elon Musk, Tesla’s
Liquid Telecom, the company that recently acquired South African telecommunications operator Neotel, said at the weekend that it has been successful in its new capital raising exercise, securing $700 (about R9.4bn) in a bond
A new report by Bloomberg News about Russia being suspected of recently hacking a dozen US power plants, including a nuclear one, is far more serious than any possible attempt to influence an election. It could be a sign
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod is joined by Sun Circle Group MD Simon Robinson to chat about the upcoming Mediatech Africa show at the Dome, plus, of course, all the week’s technology news. In the podcast
Samsung Electronics topped analyst estimates with its best-ever operating profit as global demand for semiconductors remained strong and the new Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone won over customers. Operating income rose to
The Internet Service Providers’ Association, an organisation that represents most of South Africa’s ISPs, has accused communications regulator Icasa of “dithering” over intervening in the mobile market to bring down data prices