199 Wiocc Group’s Joshua Smythwood The acquisition by Open Access Data Centres (OADC) of seven facilities belonging to NTT Data (previously Dimension Data) is a sign of a broader market trend, reflected…
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How Avast and Gen Digital are raising the bar in cybersecurity
152 Digital threats are evolving faster than many organisations and consumers realise. Today’s attackers don’t always rely on obvious malware or brute-force attacks – they leverage deception, scale and trusted platforms to…
Online sales can’t save Pick n Pay from Black Friday hangover
168 Pick n Pay has unexpectedly warned investors that its headline loss per share for the current financial year will widen by more than 20% compared with the prior year, blaming a…
How mobile platforms are transforming online trading
178 First things first, what are you reading this article on? Is it your mobile device? If you answered yes to that, you’re part of the majority. Why? Spending time on your…
Dr Google, meet Dr Chatbot
177 Asking AI about medical symptoms does not help patients make better decisions about their health than other methods, such as a standard internet search, according to a new study published in…
A million reasons monopolies don’t work
173 Vumatel has crossed one million fibre subscribers. It’s a hugely significant milestone for the Maziv-owned operator, but the number matters less for what it says about one company than for what…
Bloisi’s big cleanup at Prosus
184 Fabricio Bloisi Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi said the Naspers-controlled technology investment group plans to sell more than US$2-billion (R32-billion) in non-strategic and underperforming assets in its current financial year, with “even…
Nersa blunder triggers sharper electricity tariff increases
220 South Africa’s energy regulator said on Sunday that it granted Eskom larger electricity rate increases for its next two financial years than originally set after admitting errors in its earlier calculations….
Vodacom dropping R5.6-billion for spectrum in key market
175 Vodacom Group-controlled Vodafone Egypt has secured additional mobile spectrum as part of a multi-year investment programme announced by the Egyptian government, in a deal that will see Vodacom book an intangible…
Washington takes on Beijing in race for Africa’s critical minerals
204 The US is using offtake deals and state-backed funding to compete in the short term with China in securing supplies of African copper, cobalt and other critical minerals, diplomats, executives and…