212 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group has agreed to acquire the shares in IHS Towers that it does not already own, in a deal that would see Africa’s largest mobile…
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More drama in Warner Bros tug of war
197 Image: Reuters Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest US$30/share hostile takeover bid, but is giving the Hollywood studio seven days to see if it can come up with a…
Icasa gears up for South Africa’s next big spectrum auction
215 Icasa CEO Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo Communications regulator Icasa expects to appoint a service provider, or providers, next month to run South Africa’s next major radio frequency spectrum auction. However, the regulator has…
Eskom unions spurn above-inflation wage offer
175 Two of South Africa’s biggest trade unions have rejected an improved 6% salary increase offer from state-owned power utility Eskom, their representatives said on Tuesday. Eskom has dragged on the economy…
SA firms turn to automated dispatch as crime perception soars
199 Six South African cities rank among the worst in the world for perceived crime. The problem is not that security companies fail to respond but rather how long it takes them…
iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion
165 Richard Vester Johannesburg-listed technology services group iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice in the region through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The expansion is…
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa
169 Blu Label co-CEO Mark Levy BluEnergy Trading, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited Group, has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by energy regulator Nersa, allowing it to buy…
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa
209 Chris Duvenage, business unit manager digital at NEC XON AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver…
Why getting your small business online costs less than you think
164 Does the idea of a website still feel like an unnecessary expense? Maybe you already trade from a physical store, sell at markets or use social media to reach customers, and…
Oni-Tel set to reinvigorate dark fibre in South Africa
206 Global fibre infrastructure providers are moving towards modernising networks to keep up with the bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence, increased use of edge computing and growth in 5G, according to Mordor…