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South Africa’s Cell C Continues to Bleed Money, Reports Main Stakeholder
One of South Africa’s largest telecoms, Cell C, made a loss of nearly $150-million between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022, according to a report from Blue Label Telecoms, which bought a 45% stake in the company in 2017.…
9 Questions to Ask Before Choosing the Right VPN for You
According to the Global Web Index, 31% of internet users have used a VPN in the past month. As tomorrow is International VPN Day, Daniel Markuson, cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, decided to explain in a simple, non-technical language – what…
Cape Town’s Stock Exchange Closes $5-Million Funding Round
The Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), the city’s fintech stock exchange, announced today the closing of a $5-million (R85-million) funding round. In addition, the company announced an expansion of its board, adding Mark Fitzjohn, Bruce Ndidi (both from Empowerment Capital)…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Capitec experiences outages on its services, Tyme Bank moves towards a major acquisition, the SABC announces a huge victory for…
SA’s Teraco Has Been Acquired by This US Cloud Computing Firm
South Africa-based colocation data centres and interconnection platforms provider for Africa, Teraco Data Environments announced yesterday that it has been acquired by California cloud computing and data centre firm Digital Realty. Digital Realty is one of the largest providers of…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Xiaomi releases two new affordable smartphones in South Africa, Safaricom goes on a hiring spree, a new hyperscale data centre…
Airtel Africa Coughs Up $40-Million for New Kenyan Spectrum
Airtel Africa, one of the continent’s largest telecommunications groups with a presence in 14 countries, today announces that its Kenya subsidiary, Airtel Kenya, has concluded its purchase of additional spectrum in the country. According to the announcement Airtel Kenya has…
Xiaomi Redmi 10A & 10C Now Available in South Africa: Prices + Specs
Xiaomi today announced that its Redmi 10A and Redmi 10C devices, the latest entrants in its popular Redmi 10 series, are now available in South Africa. Xiaomi Redmi 10A: Xiaomi’s Redmi 10A is officially available for South Africans from today.…
SaaS vs. Load Shedding: A South African Matchup
We’ve come a long way since Thomas Edison and General Electric created the first substantial power grids in the 1880s. But one thing hasn’t changed much: work stops when the power goes out. South Africans have endured front-row seats to…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Mobile data prices take the cup this week, as readers rushed to find out which African country has the most…
Could Fintech Ignite South Africa’s “Kasi Economy”?
With the majority of South Africa’s urban population residing in townships, according to the World Bank, and with an 18 percent contribution to South Africa’s GDP, the informal sector is one of the most important parts of the entire economy,…
Huawei South Africa to Invest $5.8-Million in SMEs as Part of New Cloud Plans
Huawei South Africa has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well as its $5.8-million (R100-million) Cloud Spark programme, which is set to provide support to more than…
New R10-Million 4IR Skills Programme Guarantees Jobs to SA Youths
IT services management firm 4Sight Holdings has launched an ambitious pilot programme to provide 50 young people in South Africa with niche training in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies over the period of 18 weeks. The company says that there…
Brain Drain: SA’s Eskom Loses Top Nuclear Exec to Canada
South Africa’s embattled power utility has today announced that its Chief Nuclear Officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, has resigned from the company to emigrate to Canada and serve in an “executive position” in a Canadian nuclear utility. Bakardien is expected to depart…
LinkedIn: Are There Cyber-Risks Lurking Beneath the Surface?
In February 2021, the data from 500 million LinkedIn users was leaked by hackers, in June 2021, more than 700 million LinkedIn users had their data leaked and put up for sale. In June 2022, the FBI said that the…
The Mindset Needed for a Successful Digital Transition
Digital transformation is not a new concept, and South African businesses have steadily evolved and increased their inclusion of digital tools over time, with a faster influx happening over the past three years. The adoption rate has accelerated due to…
