106 The report also highlights how intersections between socioeconomic status and race or ethnicity can compound exclusion. One’s socioeconomic status has the ability to make life easier or harder and it is…
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SpaceX grows impatient over licensing delays for Starlink in South Africa
123 SpaceX has criticised the time it is taking communications minister Solly Malatsi to issue a policy directive to reform regulations that would allow the Elon Musk-controlled company to launch the Starlink…
Africa Tech Festival brings digital leaders and innovators to Cape Town
107 As the African continent accelerates its digital transformation, South Africa prepares to host the 28th annual Africa Tech Festival from 11 to 13 November 2025 at the Cape Town International Conference…
Can Operation Vulindlela fix South Africa?
116 ‘There needs to be capacity to implement because implementation of some of the complex reforms is not easy.’ It is no secret that Operation Vulindlela has made some progress since it…
Seacom targeting Q4 2026 to lock in funds for huge new broadband system
124 Seacom group chief digital officer Prenesh Padayachee Seacom is targeting the fourth quarter of 2026 to reach financial close on its massive planned subsea broadband cable system that will connect Africa…
NEC XON recognised as Cisco Gold Provider and Integrator
97 Mauritz Kotze, Cisco business unit lead at NEC XON Following independent validation of multi-country delivery, 24×7 NOC/SOC and managed-service excellence – backed by proven references across sub-Saharan Africa – NEC XON…
TFG says ‘almost entirely extractive’ online gambling is greater threat than Shein
120 TFG CEO Anthony Thunström says the retailer will be adding its “weight to the calls for proper regulation” of online gambling, which is “almost entirely extractive and of no benefit to…
Mercedes-Benz South Africa CEO-designate resigns
111 Yves Herman/Reuters Mercedes-Benz South Africa said CEO-designate Abey Kgotle has resigned for personal reasons, less than a month before he was set to take on the role. Kgotle, who joined Mercedes-Benz…
a complete, modern security stack
141 Small and mid-sized businesses face the same sophisticated cyberthreats as large enterprises but often lack the staff, time or budget to manage complex security estates. Avast Business addresses that gap with…
Telkom on the move as Vodacom and MTN stumble at home
144 While pan-African telecommunications giants Vodacom Group and MTN Group are seeing strong growth in many of their African markets as macroeconomic conditions become more favourable, their performance in South Africa has…