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Cell C Partners with GirlCode to Develop Coding Skills in SA Youth
South African telco Cell C has partnered with GirlCode, an SA-based NPO that seeks to empower women through technology, to bring a coding programme to youth aged between 10 and 18 years in South Africa. The GirlCoder Club is open…
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Huawei P50 Series to Launch Soon in South Africa: All The Details
Huawei will be launching its brand-new flagship smartphone and its very first horizontally folding smartphone in South Africa on Thursday. The new flagship series will be including the HUAWEI P50 Pro and HUAWEI P50 Pocket Premium Edition. Here’s a sneak…
MTN SA Invests $46.4-Million in New Infrastructure for KZN, South Africa
Africa’s largest telecom group MTN SA has announced a further investment of $46.4-million (R700-million) in order to modernise existing, and deploy new, network infrastructure across the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The $46.4-million investment, which is an addition to the…
South Africans to Receive 50GBs of Free Data, Government Says
According to the National Infrastructure Plan 2050, published by South Africa’s Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia De Lille on Friday, every South African household will receive 50GB of data by the 2025/6 financial year. The document says that…
Petrol Might Be Rationed in South Africa, Energy Department Warns
The department of energy and mineral resources has warned that petrol will be rationed if the war between Russia and Ukraine persists. According to Daily Maverick, the department of energy and mineral resources department appeared before parliament’s portfolio committee on…
F-Secure South Africa Rebrands to MWR Through Local Buy-Out
F-Secure, the Finnish cybersecurity company, has announced that it has pulled out of the African market as its South African branch was bought out by the local management of the branch. On Tuesday, F-Secure’s local management team in South Africa…
SA’s BrandMed Partners with AWS for Health
BrandMed Group, a leading South African connected healthcare company founded in 2014, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), in an effort the company says is focused on providing “affordable and accessible health and wellbeing solutions…
Australian Retail Directions to Partner with South Africa’s Vexall
On Monday Global retail software specialist, Retail Directions, announced a new partnership with South African ICT services organisation, Vexall Ltd., to enable Vexall to provide Retail Directions’ unified retail management platform to South African retailers. According to an announcement, this…
The Metaverse is Coming, Will SA’s Networks Be Ready in Time?
Heralded as the next frontier of the Internet, the metaverse is the vision of a persistent 3D virtual world where we can explore and interact with others as avatars, whether for work or entertainment, using virtual reality (VR) and augmented…
6 Common Cybersecurity Mistakes Made by Startup Companies
Some of the most successful companies today began their journey as startups. They usually start with a brilliant idea or a new technology that promises to solve a problem to rethink the way we do business. The African region is…
6 Ways Technology Has Made it Easier to Start a Company
Starting a company is no easy feat. It takes hard work, dedication, and perseverance to get a business off the ground. But in today’s world, there are a number of tools and technologies that make it easier than ever before…
Why the South African Government is Going After Facebook & Meta
South Africa’s Competition Commission is reportedly going after the Facebook and WhatApp parent company, Meta, for alleged violation of the Competition Act through “abuse of dominance”. According to eNCA, the commission wants the company to pay South Africa over 10…
Winjit Set to Showcase its IoT Solutions at #IoTFA2022
Winjit will showcase its IoT solutions at the fifth edition Internet of Things Forum Africa (#IOTFA2022). The event will tackle transformational IoT trends and explore the benefits of IoT in key industries. IOTFA 2022 will see over 600 delegates and 30 speakers made up of thought leaders, visionaries,…
Telkom Launches New Mobile Pay App for SMMEs in SA
Telkom Financial Services has launched the Telkom Pay Mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) app, a fintech tool that allows small, micro, and medium business owners to make and receive payments through their mobile phones. Telkom says that the said businesses will be…
The 2 Challenges that SA’s “Culture of Digitalisation” Faces
Technology is only successful if it is used. And today, business leaders in companies around the world need to shift from a tech-centered view of digitalisation and start considering how to nurture a culture that embraces technology wholeheartedly. This shift…
Google Chooses 15 New Startups for its Startups Accelerator Africa
Google today announced the participants in Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7. The selected startups are developing solutions in areas such as healthcare, education, fleet management, logistics automation, and recruiting. This seventh class includes 15 tech startups from seven…
