SA mobile users missing out on RCS benefits
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa’s mobile industry has been urged to educate users in order to boost the uptake of Rich Communication Services (RCS). RCS is hailed as the a next generation mobile messaging technology radically increasing the engagement rates of commercial messages transmitted to cellular users. The call by an More...
MTN introduces prepaid TikTok bundles
MTN SA Executive for Corporate Affairs, Jacqui O’Sullivan by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – MTN South Africa has launched bundles for the short-form video sharing application that has emerged a favourite More...
Angola’s richest man evades selective clampdown on corruption
Angola and Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA – WHILE Angola’s (and the continent’s) richest woman is under siege from authorities alleging use More...
Telecel bearing the brunt of Zimbabwe economic crisis
Telecel Zimbabwe from DANAI MWARUMBA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – TELECEL Zimbabwe, the country’s third largest mobile network operator, has refuted reports it is on the brink of collapse. It nonetheless More...
Firms to adopt electronic banking after cheque limits
First National Bank (FNB) by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – BUSINESSES are urged to adopt electronic banking channels following the recently announced rules from the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) More...
South Africa rejects Ethiopian migrants’ multimillion-dollar offer
South African Rand by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THOUSANDS of Ethiopian refugees living in South Africa are dangling an offer of R100 million (US$6,94 million) to the host country’s government in exchange More...
SA mobile sector tipped for resounding growth
Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – THE Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) has projected a significant growth in South Africa’s mobile content More...
PC shipments grow for first time in 7 years
Personal Computers by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – WORLDWIDE shipments of personal computers (PCs) have increased by more than 2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2019. However, a continuous decline in the More...
Broadband’s role crucial in boosting food security
Broadband Infraco Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Phumza Dyani by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – A TECHNOLOGY expert has highlighted the significant role broadband can play in ensuring food security in More...
Russia’s silent assassins defraud African banks
Cyber attack by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – BANKS in Sub-Saharan Africa are at the mercy of a Russian speaking hacking group, most likely to be the infamous Silence outfit previously responsible for the More...