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SA’s Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko isn’t declaring victory yet, but he is targeting...
From near death, Telkom – the country’s fixed-line telephone giant that was on life support for years – finally seems to have recovered enough to be ready to call its main shareholder and others to...
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M4JAM name revived more than three months after collapse
South African internet micro-jobbing service Money for Jam (M4JAM) is having its name resurrected more than three months after the owners announced the collapse of the platform due to failure to be...
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Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but…
In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist...
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Terror threats and turmoil: a bad time for US-South Africa relations
Governments need to build trust, especially during a time of heightened tensions around the threat of international terror attacks. By Chris Williams On Saturday June 4 2016 the United States embassy...
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Meet a device that some South Africans are using to shock themselves into...
Bad habits are hard to break. Temptation kicks in, and usually wins. A wearable device designed in the USA, Boston, and sold online is already being used by South Africans to zap bad habits such as...
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MTN cuts deal with Nigerian authorities to end dispute over a $3.9 billion fine
Africa’s largest mobile phone operator MTN and the Federal Government of Nigeria have reached an agreement over a $3.9 billion fine imposed by the country’s regulator. By Gugu Lourie MTN informed...
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MTN share price goes through the roof on Nigerian settlement
MTN’s share price went throught the roof this afternoon, on the back of of the announcement that the mobile phone operator has resolved the dispute over a $3.9 billion fine over unregistered customers...
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Driverless cars need to hit the road come rain, wind or shine
Would you rather a robot car that can drive you anywhere and at anytime, or a car that throws in the towel as soon as a storm hits or one that flat out refuses to take you anywhere at night? By Michael...
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Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent?
The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) was first used back in 1956 to describe the title of a workshop of scientists at Dartmouth, an Ivy League college in the United States. By Leon Sterling At that...
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Revamped HP DeskJet Series is on fleek with stylish design and intuitive...
HP today unveiled its next generation DeskJet All-in-One (AiO) printer, the ideal device for the style savvy, always connected consumer. The reimagined HP DeskJet 3720 is half the size of other inkjet...
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VAST Networks to deploy, and operate Wi-Fi services for all MyCiTi buses in...
VAST Networks, open access Wi-Fi network provider, has partnered with the City of Cape Town to deploy Wi-Fi to all MyCiTi buses. The first stage of the project will involve ten buses across various...
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ShowMax added to DStv Explora decoder
ShowMax, the internet TV service launched in August 2015, will now be available on connected DStv Explora decoders. This is the fourth new viewing option introduced over the past four months and...
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MTN now offers Huawei P9 device
MTN will be ranging the much-awaited Huawei P9 and P9 Lite LTE smartphone, for both prepaid and post-paid customers. The Huawei P9 is the world’s first co-engineered Leica dual-camera smartphone that...
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Record-breaking downloads for African mobile VoD platform Tuluntulu
Users have downloaded 450 000 apps from Tuluntulu, which is an African mobile video on demand (VOD) service, less than two years since its inception, the South African-based mobile VOD firm announced...
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Cognitive analytics – from hindsight, to insight, to foresight
As organisations progress through the analytics maturity curve – from descriptive, to diagnostic, to predictive, to prescriptive – they can build the systems to enable rapid transformation. By Gavin...
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SA’s Otel Telecoms appointed distributor for Chinese-based Zycoo
VOIP Service provider Otel Telecoms announced today that they have entered into an agreement with Chinese-based Zycoo to distribute their solutions within South Africa. Zycoo is a developer and...
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Gijima is sizing up opportunities in the Internet of Things space
Unlisted technology firm Gijima, which is fully-owned by businessman Robert Gumede, is sizing up new growth opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence to grow its...
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SA’s FibreCo upskill unemployed youth to be fibre technicians
South Africa’s independent fibre operator FibreCo Telecommunications has trained 200 fibre technicans to help uplift the level of skills for the maintenance of fibre optic infrastructure in the...
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Gijima’s CEO: Human Capital Business will remain key focus for company going...
In an interview with Techfinancials, CEO Eileen Wilton says Gijima wants to continue to develop its Human Capital Management business. The business, which is relatively not well-known, plays in the...
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Yellowwoods buys stake in SA’s DataProphet to help the startup to expand...
DataProphet, a Cape Town-based machine learning startup, is looking to bolster its innovative offering across borders and industries alike after Yellowwoods Capital Holdings acquired a significant...
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