409 MTN’s mobile money business in South Africa, known as MoMo, said on Thursday that it will make 4G and 5G smartphones available on credit to prepaid customers – without the need…
Category: Tech
Key victory for Vodacom in high-stakes ‘please call me’ battle
323 Nkosana Makate in court earlier this year The constitutional court has granted Vodacom leave to appeal in its ongoing legal battle with “please call me” inventor Nkosana Makate, meaning the case…
Microsoft, Meta pour billions more into AI as valuation pressures mount
380 Earnings season for a handful of megacap tech firms has morphed into capex season with the AI arms race showing no signs of slowing. Focus will be on how much the…
Microsoft set to join the $4-trillion club
407 Microsoft is set to become the second company in the world to reach a US$4-trillion (R72-trillion) market capitalisation after reporting quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, sending the stock soaring…
SharePoint attackers hit another government department
358 Hackers targeted the department of planning, monitoring & evaluation in recent attacks on Microsoft’s SharePoint customers. The department confirmed the attack and said it had implemented countermeasures to isolate the affected…
South Africa opens bidding for R390-billion grid overhaul
499 South Africa is seeking proposals to shortlist bidders for a R390-billion grid expansion project to bolster the country’s energy security. The department of electricity & energy invited “experienced and committed” groups…
Government steps in to resolve SABC, Sentech tariff feud
489 The Sentech television broadcasting tower in Auckland Park, Johannesburg The department of communications & digital technologies has published a tender in efforts to mediate in the ongoing tariff dispute between the…
Meet the CIO | How Marijke Guest steered Nedbank through an IT crisis
476 When Nedbank realised early last year that its mammoth core banking overhaul and modernisation programme was going awry, it turned to Marijke Guest for help. Guest, CIO of Nedbank Corporate and…
Airports operator Acsa could enter mobile game with MVNO
327 Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) is exploring the launch of an eSim-capable mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offering that would provide connectivity services to inbound international travellers. According to Acsa, a…
TCS | Britehouse MBO: Graham Parker on what’s next for software firm
436 The recent management buyout of Britehouse from NTT Data – previously Dimension Data – has put the software development house on a new trajectory. In this episode of the TechCentral Show,…