South Africa to spend over R300 billion on IT
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – SPENDING on information technology (IT) is set to total more than R303 billion ($21,78 billion) in South Africa in 2019, a 3,9 percent increase ...
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Africa’s first undersea cable marks decade milestone
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG - SEACOM, the submarine communications cable operator, is marking ten years of the launch of Africa’s first private high-speed subsea cable syste ...
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MTN spends R40 billion on network upgrades
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - MTN has invested over R40 billion ($2,8 billion) in the past four years to build South Africa's best network, the company disclosed as it announ ...
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SA banks war brings competition but could erode value
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH African banks must prioritise value over price in the wake of the so-called pricing war currently waging between the country’s financial inst ...
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Access Bank receives global sustainability banking award
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – ACCESS Bank has received its fourth consecutive Karlsruhe Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award at an event in Germany ...
Read More »Vodacom announces entry into IoT segment
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - VODACOM, South Africa's largest mobile network operator has entered the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) market with the introduction of a range of ...
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Honor confirms continued usage of Google’s Android
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG - IN major boost to mobile clients using Honor handsets, the company has announced that Google and affiliated programmes would continue to operate ...
Read More »Nigeria issues warning to SA over xenophobic attacks
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA - THE occasionally sour relations between Nigeria and South Africa are tense again after the Nigerian Senate president warned his countr ...
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Airtel, MTN partner to promote Rwanda digital inclusion
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda KIGALI – LEADING mobile operators have launched an initiative to drive mobile internet adoption and increase digital literacy in Rwanda. Air ...
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COMMODITIES: South Africa keenly following US agro decline
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - THE agriculture sector in South Africa is keeping an eye on developments in the United States where declines in maize and soybean harvests are p ...
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