50 Police investigators last week swooped on a Lenasia, Johannesburg premises and seized “hundreds of illegal streaming devices” valued at more than R500 000, broadcaster MultiChoice Group said on Wednesday. The operation was…
Category: Tech
Amazon’s Kuiper in deal for rural cell towers in Southern Africa
60 A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon’s two prototype relay stations for Project Kuiper, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2023….
FNB, Mastercard launch cross-border money transfer platform
66 A cross-border payment service called Globba has been launched by FNB and Mastercard. It allows customers to send money internationally to more than 120 countries. The service has multiple payment options…
SpaceX grows impatient over licensing delays for Starlink in South Africa
62 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
57 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…
Seacom targeting Q4 2026 to lock in funds for huge new broadband system
51 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
50 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
50 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
86 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
75 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…