189 Communications regulator Icasa this week issued a notice in the Government Gazette signalling its intention to review the process of telecommunications licensing in South Africa. This follows a policy directive from…
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Cost cuts and content pay off as eMedia lifts profits in brutal market
211 E.tv parent eMedia Holdings has reported a 20.9% year-on-year jump in interim headline earnings per share, even as a slump in television advertising sent its revenue sliding 3.2%. The results, for…
Uber electric cars hit Joburg streets
220 Uber South Africa this week launched its first fleet of electric cars in Johannesburg. By the end of January, it plans to have 350 EVs on the city’s roads. Uber Go…
NEC XON’s new wireless stack keeps Africa’s remote industries online
219 Willem Wentzel senior architect at NEC XON Across Africa’s ports, mines and energy corridors, the race to modernise operations is being slowed by one persistent obstacle: unreliable connectivity. NEC XON’s new…
Reserve Bank flags crypto as a possible risk to fiscal stability
242 The South African Reserve Bank has flagged cryptocurrencies as a new risk to domestic fiscal stability. It said this in the second edition of its Financial Stability Review for 2025, which…
Cell C makes long-awaited JSE debut
222 Cell C listed on the JSE on Thursday, completing a multi-year turnaround that not only reshaped the business but rescued it from the jaws of business collapse. The shares began trading…
Businesses boost efficiency as Altron helps teams embed Copilot into daily operations
151 AI has moved from theory to practice. It has slipped into everyday workflows, reshaped expectations and set a new standard for productivity. Microsoft 365 Copilot sits at the centre of this…
Under fire, Nvidia goes to war with its critics
167 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, has gone on the defensive against sceptics of its US$4.5-trillion valuation, down from an historic $5-trillion, by waging an information campaign on Wall…
Four years later, Vodacom and Maziv have sealed their deal
226 Vodacom has finally overcome the last regulatory hurdle in its long and troubled attempt to acquire a stake in Maziv, four years after they first agreed to the transaction. The mobile…
Cheap data, phones key to South Africa’s e-commerce boom: Takealot boss
194 Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman believes South Africa needs cheaper smartphones and data accessible to larger portions of the population to unlock the potential that e-commerce…