146 Gaetan Soltesz, GM of FAST Congo With more than 25 years of international telecommunications experience, Gaetan Soltesz is the new GM of FAST Congo, the joint venture formed in the Democratic…
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The end of load shedding hasn’t fixed South Africa’s power problem
153 A new interactive report by residential solar energy specialist Wetility shows clear disparities in the reliable supply of electricity across South Africa’s municipalities, with outages lasting about two hours in some…
Amazon ramps up satellite war with $11.6-billion Globalstar buy
132 A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon Leo internet network satellites from the Cape Canaveral in the US in April 2025. Steve Nesius/Reuters Amazon.com will acquire Globalstar…
Icasa’s infrastructure database plan raises national security alarm
139 A body representing South Africa’s largest telecommunications operators has warned that Icasa’s proposed national infrastructure database could create national security risks and has accused the ICT sector regulator of failing to…
Avast Business and Avert IT Distribution rewrite the SMB cybersecurity playbook
151 As cyberthreats grow in scale and sophistication, businesses are realising that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical requirement but a strategic necessity. Yet, for many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs),…
Uber in big pivot to autonomous robo-taxis
141 Uber Technologies has committed more than US$10-billion to buying thousands of autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, breaking from its asset-light “gig economy” business model to avoid disruption from…
Telkom launches prepaid fibre for businesses
205 Telkom’s Lunga Siyo Telkom Business has launched a prepaid fibre product aimed at small enterprises, start-ups and short-term operations that want reliable connectivity without signing a long-term contract or going through…
Anthropic tightens the screws on OpenAI
154 Image: Jernej Furman OpenAI’s US$852-billion valuation is under scrutiny from some of its own backers as the company shifts its focus to the enterprise market to fend off competition from Anthropic,…
The hidden risk in South Africa’s payment infrastructure
180 South Africa has been off the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist for around six months, and now we risk hitting a different, perhaps more worrying, kind of greyish trap: being “greyed…
The case for unbundling SuperSport
136 Inside a SuperSport outside broadcast truck on match day SportyTV, a streaming-only platform most South Africans have never heard of, this week announced it has secured pay-television rights to all 104…