As South Africa’s persistent loadshedding shows no signs of abating, the country’s telecommunications companies are having to ramp up mitigation measures in an effort to keep consumers connected.... 

JSE-listed Blue Label’s core businesses continued to generate further growth in revenue, gross profit and core headline earnings per share during the six month ended November 30. Revenue for the... 

Three of the ten bands outlined in the draft Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans (RFSAPs) for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) systems have been published for another round of... 

The Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry has been extended by another two months to enable further extensive consultation after additional recommendations. The Competition Commission was... 

Businesses in South Africa plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets by 22% in the next three years, in line with small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises globally that are set to... 

The venerable Planetarium, on Yale road on the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) campus, in Johannesburg, is being transformed into a Digital Dome to not only provide visitors with... 

For South Africa’s eight ports to keep up with the changes in global shipping, and safeguard trade that is vital to the economy, it is extremely important that Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)... 

A new report has revealed a correlation between fifth-generation (5G) uptake and revenue growth for communications service providers (CSPs). A special Ericsson Mobility Report, the Business Review... 

JSE-listed Telkom has reported a 13.5% decline in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to R2.49-billion during the three months ended December 31, 2022. Telkom’s... 

Information and communications technology services company EOH has welcomed the "overwhelming support" from existing shareholders that enabled it to raise R500-million in a rights offer on February... 

Nelson Mandela University's (NMU's) FishForce Academy has developed a mobile game to help law enforcement officers in the fisheries sector. The game features a virtual simulation environment of... 

Data centre and interconnection services provider Teraco has acquired the iconic Great Westerford building, in Rondebosch, Cape Town, which hosts its CT1 data centre, from Ingenuity Property... 

African telecommunications company Paratus has been been awarded a data gateway licence in Zambia from the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (Zicta).  Paratus Zambia can... 

Throughout 2022, 40% of industrial control system (ICS) computers globally and 47% of ICS computers in Africa were attacked with malware, says cybersecurity company Kaspersky's Industrial Control... 

JSE-listed technology group Altron has appointed Pam Xaba as group executive for human capital and Mbali Ngcobo as group company secretary, effective February 1. Xaba, who was appointed acting... 

A new agreement between Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Nokia will see the launch of a first-of-its-kind network connecting subsea landing stations in Kenya, South Africa and the Democratic... 

Teraco Data Environments, Africa’s largest data-center company, raised R11.8-billion in funds to assist with its expansion plans and power build-out, said its CFO Samuel Erwin. Just under half of... 

Private equity investment company Convergence Partners has successfully closed its Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at $296-million, surpassing its initial target by more... 

Satellite connectivity provider SES and Africa-focused mining company Ivanhoe Mines has reached a new agreement to continue to provide the Kamoa-Kakula copper project, in the Democratic Republic of... 

Data centre operators that buy large amounts of electricity can make huge strides in carbon reduction by embracing renewable energy across their operations and, as they invest in renewable energy... 

Information and communications technology multinational Cisco notes in its 'Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3: Achieving Security Resilience' report, that the adoption of zero-trust, secure access... 

JSE-listed information and communications technology company EOH has released the final terms of its rights offer that will comprise a combined capital raise from the rights issue and specific... 

The Netherlands has announced that it will provide $10-million to intergovernmental organisation the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) to help developing countries benefit... 

JSE-listed information and communications technology services company EOH said the operating environment in South Africa continues to be challenging and the global economy remains under pressure,... 

Digitised industrial power networks company VoltVision has opened a global power analytics centre in Johannesburg that will provide expert technical interpretation of performance data from clients’... 

Peer-to-peer ride-hailing platform inDrive says all inDrive application (app) users in South Africa can use the service without incurring mobile data costs, as the company will cover the cost for... 

In South Africa, 86% of manufacturing employees surveyed trust robots to do cleaning and 83% trust them to deliver parcels and orders, but fewer than half of employees, or 43%, would trust robots... 

Earned wages access (EWA) financial technology (fintech) solutions are helping consumers make payments in real-time for services, such as electricity and telecommunications, while also providing... 

Cybersecurity services multinational Kaspersky's detection systems discovered an average of 403 000 new malicious files daily between January and October 2022, indicating 5% growth compared with... 

Development finance institution (DFI) the African Development Bank (AfDB) group has approved a R2.2-billion line of credit to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to expand its portfolio... 

A substantial percentage of all rail wagons in South Africa are empty when moving between destinations. In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, only a small percentage of rail... 

Information and communications technology services company EOH has received unanimous approval from its shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on December 13 to raise up to... 

Equinix plans to invest $160-million to build its first data centre in South Africa, as part of the firm’s African expansion push. The US data centre company will build its first facility in... 

Telecommunications giant Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt from Vodafone Group. The deal became unconditional and officially completed after Vodacom... 

The 45 000 km 2Africa cable has landed in Yzerfontein and Duynefontein, in the Western Cape, in South Africa, as it prepares to go live in 2023. MTN GlobalConnect, the 2Africa landing party in...