Category: Tech

177 America Online (AOL), famous for its aggressive marketing campaigns, will shut down its dial-up internet service at the end of next month. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has…

162 Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse Paratus Group will in the coming weeks launch a mobile data network in Namibia that will challenge the dominant state-owned incumbent, MTC. Barney Harmse, group…

180 The author, Jessica Gbedemah When Elon Musk claimed earlier this year that Starlink was being blocked in South Africa because of black economic empowerment rules, it ignited a debate that went…

147 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane Eskom is expanding its renewable energy programme with a new offtake arrangement that will make 291MW of solar PV capacity available to large power users. The state-owned…

152 News that MTN Group is facing an investigation by a US department of justice grand jury sent its shares tumbling 9% on Monday, overshadowing results showing it made a half-year profit…

181 MTN South Africa has revised its mid-term service revenue guidance downwards as the operator faces stiffer competition in its home market, despite a positive upswing in its operations in the rest…

174 MTN Group on Monday disclosed that it is now the subject of a grand jury investigation by the US department of justice. The investigation will look into MTN’s operations in Afghanistan…

258 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator, MTN Group, swung to a half-year profit, it said on Monday, as macroeconomic conditions, inflation and foreign exchange rates in key markets…

154 Absa Group’s IT spend for the six months to 30 June reached R8.2-billion, a 5% year-on-year increase from the same period in 2024, as it ramped up spending on security and…

248 Standard Bank has warned its clients of a rise of “spoofing” scams in recent months, where fraudsters use AI-generated voices and e-mails to impersonate bank officials. “These scams are increasingly difficult…