3+ day, 13+ min ago  (524+ words) MTN has taken a page out of its overseas counterparts" playbook, launching a new sub brand called Pi, a move that sets up South Africa"s second-largest mobile provider to compete against non-traditional players such as Capitec and FNB. The…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (778+ words) The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks." Jeff Hammerbacher, an entrepreneur and early Facebook employee, said this to Ashley Vance in his BusinessWeek article in 2011. Few words have ever stuck…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (705+ words) Most South Africans have never heard of Tecno. Elsewhere in Africa, that would be hard to believe. The brand has become a major force in West Africa, yet in South Africa it has remained largely outside conversation about major consumer…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (820+ words) For the past decade, technology solution providers sold a seductive story: move everything to the cloud, add more platforms and more services, and watch costs fall while innovation explodes. Now, the hangover has arrived. Mounting cloud bills, increasing complexity, security…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (786+ words) South Africa has lived through the upheaval of a state monopoly confronted by radical technological change. Telecommunications went first. Electricity is following, more slowly, more painfully and with far higher economic stakes. The contrast between Telkom's response to disruption and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (850+ words) There seems to be a trend in our country's political discourse of turning practical infrastructure questions into identity, and perhaps ideological battles. The current Starlink debate is the most recent example that includes more heat than light. There is far…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (626+ words) Communication & digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi has notched a win for his satellite communications agenda with the launch of Space42s Thuraya service in South Africa. While the minister has a number of items fighting for attention such as increasing investment in…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (419+ words) Fuelled by phony calls, texts, emails, and websites, 90% of all cyberthreats now originate from scams and social engineering threats, which manipulate users into revealing sensitive information or taking actions that compromise their security. This figure has nearly tripled since 2021, reaching…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (448+ words) As SA sees a steady rise in cybercrime and hardware theft, businesses and individuals are more vulnerable than ever to data loss. Lower onboard memory for entry-level smartphones and laptops also limits the amount of content they can retain. With…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (545+ words) South Africa's mobile operators will still have promotional product offerings as a money spinner available to them as regulators move to allow consumers to roll over their mobile voice, SMS and data bundles. Though mobile data prices have decreased nearly…...