159 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…
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Seacom targeting Q4 2026 to lock in funds for huge new broadband system
214 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
150 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…
Mercedes-Benz South Africa CEO-designate resigns
162 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
195 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
208 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…
Huawei Cloud named ‘carrier hybrid cloud’ leader in sub-Saharan Africa
158 At AfricaCom 2025, GlobalData, a top data analytics and consulting company, unveiled its latest industry white paper, “Unleashing the Potential of Carrier-Grade Hybrid Cloud in Sub-Saharan Africa 2025”, highlighting key insights…
too many cooks will spoil the mobile broth
131 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has warned that a mobile market with too many players – which includes some 30 MVNOs now operating in South Africa –…
Vodacom is pumping after a powerhouse half year
163 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group has reported a robust set of interim results for the six months to September 2025, buoyed by continued revenue growth, a rebound in its…
Telkom expects massive earnings spike
186 A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria Telkom expects to more than double its headline earnings per share (Heps) in the six months to end-September 2025. Basic earnings per share (Beps), meanwhile,…