102 Image Credit: Pexels With the current state of the economy and low salaries, microloans have emerged as a significant financial tool for many South Africans facing stagnant wages and rising living costs. With traditional…
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Diesel price cuts ease pressure on data centres and delivery fleets
97 Diesel prices will fall sharply from Wednesday while petrol rises, in a split fuel-price adjustment that brings relief to freight, agriculture and the technology sector’s diesel-hungry backup infrastructure even as many…
What Wi-Fi 8 will mean for wireless networks
124 When TP-Link unveiled the Archer 8 last week, billed as the first consumer router platform built for Wi-Fi 8, the striking thing was what it did not promise. There was no…
Why More South Africans Are Falling in Love with Mauritius Now
106From easier travel to authentic island experiences, Mauritius is winning South African hearts. For years, Mauritius has been a postcard-perfect holiday destination for South Africans dreaming of turquoise waters, white sandy beaches…
The trap inside South Africa’s banking MVNO boom
160 Every South African bank that has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) – Capitec, FNB, Standard Bank, Nedbank and soon Absa – has built its mobile business on phone numbers…
iONLINE, Nodle expand crowdsourced IoT connectivity in South Africa
118 The Nodle Trust Network uses smartphones as “nodes” to create a decentralised physical infrastructure network designed to validate real-world data Internet-of-things (IoT) coverage turns location data into evidence: a specific object…
More problems loom as Spar crashes back to 2008 levels
123 The Spar Group’s disastrous trading update on Friday, which saw its shares sink almost 15% on the day, sent the group back to as low as R47 – levels last seen…
Netstar to watch over every Comrades runner
125 Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron and South Africa’s leading vehicle tracking and telematics provider, has announced a partnership with the Comrades Marathon. Under the campaign banner Keeping Everyone on Track, Netstar…
Moody’s flags risk in Eskom grid split
135 Rating agency Moody’s has cautioned that the planned separation of South Africa’s national electricity grid from Eskom could weaken the utility’s creditworthiness, even as it affirmed Eskom’s credit ratings on the…
The smartphone market is in big trouble
104 The global smartphone market is heading for its steepest annual contraction on record, with shipments projected to slump by 13.9% this year to 1.08 billion units, Counterpoint Research said on Monday,…