31 PICTURE: PEXELS/ IMPULSE SPENDING Online shopping has transformed the way people purchase goods and services. From clothing and electronics to groceries and home décor, consumers can now shop at any time…
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A smarter switch for networks that can’t afford to fail
42 Today, in many organisations, network downtime is more than an inconvenience – it can bring operations to a standstill. Whether it’s a production line, a hospital system or financial transactions, reliability…
Tony Leon rejects ‘state capture’ label in Starlink lobbying row
50 Former DA leader Tony Leon Tony Leon has personally rejected allegations that the public affairs firm he chairs, Resolve Communications, used its proximity to DA leaders to lobby government ministers improperly…
How a garage start-up became one of South Africa’s trusted software houses
45 Johann Combrink In the early days of Pepla Software Solutions, there was no polished office, no investor backing and no large corporate structure behind the business. There was simply an empty…
Takealot Group bets local scale can hold Amazon at bay
65 Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman Takealot Group is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way. “We’ve…
Vodacom takes the reins at Safaricom in R35-billion deal
60 Giraffe against the Nairobi skyline in Kenya Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of an additional 20% effective interest in Safaricom, lifting its holding in the Kenyan operator from about 35%…
Root44 Closure Hits Stellenbosch Market Traders
52 Root44 in Stellenbosch has announced that it will close until further notice, saying the decision was made with “great sadness” and would affect jobs, traders and families. In a notice addressed…
South Africa’s fibre underdogs are beating the giants
58 A group of smaller fibre network operators (FNOs) have scored ahead of most of South Africa’s established players in the latest perception survey from the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), the…
Why more data is not the answer
59 For years, digital transformation strategies have rested on a simple assumption: more data creates better decisions. Today many organisations are discovering the opposite can also be true. As enterprises deploy AI…
South Africa’s broadband future is being decided in orbit, not in Pretoria
69 A Starlink terminal in the remote Kalahari. Image: Jannie van Zyl On Monday, South Africa’s communications regulator gave prospective satellite operators an unusually candid piece of advice: if you want to…