Vodacom spends over R200 million to expand rural coverage
Vodacom’s 4G base station by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – VODACOM has spent R207 million (US$14,8 million) to upgrade network infrastructure across the Free State and Northern Cape provinces during the 2020/21 financial period. It has spent R67 million during the period deploying new sites in deep rural areas. A total of 40 new sites have More...
OPPO enhances foray into SA’s 5G space
OPPO A74 5G by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – COMPETITION in South Africa’s fifth-generation (5G) smartphone space is intensifying with the launch of the OPPO A74 5G. With this latest addition, there are More...
‘Roaring 20s’ poised to power South Africa’s digital future
Huawei Cloud AI by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks (5G), artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing have emerged as the catalysts More...
MTN lists N110 billion in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – MTN Nigeria has issued N110 billion (US$4,12 billion) fixed rate bond in the West African country that is its biggest market. The Series I, seven-year, More...
MTN introduces disadvantaged scholars to new digital world
MTN SA Foundation General Manager, Kusile Mtunzi-Hairwadzi by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – AN investment of more than R1,249 million (US$86 579) will empower disabled tertiary students in the northern Limpopo More...
A story to be read with the lights off
Humphrey Kariuki: “Plan B stands for batteries”. Millions across Africa live without access to the grid. A businessman from Nairobi has a plan to change that, but first he wants you to turn off the lights. from HUMPHREY More...
Kenya, Nigeria, SA record increase in mobile threats
Kaspersky threat intelligence by DION HENRICK CAPE TOWN – CONSUMERS must remain vigilant in their online activities following revelations of a surge in cyber attacks in Africa’s biggest economies. Research More...
MTN retail channel drives inclusion and gender diversity
MTN SA Executive for Corporate Affairs, Jacqui O’Sullivan by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – SEVERAL former employees of the mobile network operator are now fully-fledged MTN store owners as the company’s More...
World leading data science institute expands to Africa
Explore Data Science Academy Chief Executive Officer, Shaun Dippnall by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – EXPLORE Data Science Academy (EDSA), South Africa’s world-leading data science training institute, More...
Nigeria records major increase in internet uptake
Nigeria mobile operators from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – INTERNET subscriptions in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by economy and population, have grown by 13 percent over the past twelve More...