Vodacom Group has entered into an agreement with Kenya’s government to acquire 15% of Safaricom and an additional 5% from Vodafone at KES34 a share, in a deal valued at $2.1-billion, or... 

Law firm Adams & Adams has launched its SMARTAI IP Portal – an advisory service digital platform designed to help businesses understand, assess and address the risks posed by AI systems. AI... 

Standard Bank on Wednesday announced the financial close of the R11.5-billion deal that will result in Vodacom acquiring a 30% stake in Maziv. Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB)... 

The UK High Commission in Pretoria, and the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), jointly announced on Tuesday that three major cooperative programmes have been... 

US-based advanced materials company ASP Isotopes, which has a secondary listing on the JSE, has established a Photonics Chair at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) for a period of three... 

With Maziv and Vodacom securing the approval of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), plans are underway to scale investment into South Africa’s fibre landscape. In... 

Fibreoptic cable infrastructure company Oni-Tel Fibre Networks has launched its inter-data centre fibre network. The high-speed fibre backbone connects all major data centres across Gauteng, which... 

Fibreoptic cable infrastructure company Oni-Tel Fibre Networks has launched its inter-data centre fibre network. The high-speed fibre backbone connects all major data centres across Gauteng, which... 

One of South Africa’s first AI factories has hit the ground running, attracting interest from companies keen to leverage enterprise-level AI infrastructure and services. Altron’s new AI factory – a... 

Cell C Holdings has listed on the JSE, under the ticker CCD, marking a defining milestone in South Africa’s telecommunications landscape and opening a new chapter in the company’s turnaround... 

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has approved telecommunications group Vodacom’s acquisition of a 30% interest in Maziv. All other conditions precedent have been... 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa has launched the Digital Innovation for Modernising the Independent Economy (DIME) initiative to transform township economies through... 

Every $1-billion invested globally in AI-dedicated data centres requires about $125-million in related energy-sector investment, with two-thirds of this amount needed for grid upgrades and... 

E-commerce retailer and service provider Takealot increased its revenue by 23% year-on-year for the six months to September 30, and narrowed its loss before interest and taxes by 68% to... 

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) will launch two new postgraduate degrees in cybersecurity aimed at developing highly skilled professionals to safeguard Africa’s digital future. People... 

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1-billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development... 

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, has welcomed the appointment of a new board of directors by Science, Technology and... 

YouTube and Vumatel have launched a joint pilot programme to equip 2 000 fibre-connected households with free Google TV streaming dongles, turning standard televisions into smart, connected... 

Engineering group Sandvik's 'The future of mining talent: What STEM graduates really think' report says that, while awareness of mining remains low among young engineers, many are open to joining... 

The South African National Space Agency’s (SANSA’s) Space Weather Centre (part of the SANSA Space Science division and based at Hermanus in the Western Cape) has warned that the current geomagnetic... 

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), located at the South African Optical Observatory (SAAO) complex at Sutherland, in the Northern Cape province, celebrated its twentieth anniversary on... 

The Academic Institute of Excellence – AIE – is at the forefront of a new era of engineering education. Watch this Engineering News & Mining Weekly video to gain full insight into the new... 

In anticipation of the formal launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) and the Balance Responsible Party (BRP) framework, engineering business and IT enabler for the... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched a pioneering CO₂ Supercritical Encapsulation Facility (SCEF), the first of its kind on the African continent, on October 17. This... 

This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the founding of South Africa’s internationally-renowned Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Arguably the country’s premier science... 

Soon to be JSE-listed Cell C Holdings on Monday said that its offer closed on Friday at R26.50 a share, an offer price implying a market capitalisation of R9-billion, based on a total of... 

The core 2Africa subsea cable system, the first cable to connect East and West Africa in a single, continuous system, linking Africa with the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, has been completed... 

JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday reported growth in earnings for the six months ended September 30, underpinned by the company’s data-led strategy. The group’s earnings before interest, tax,... 

YouTube and Vumatel have launched a joint pilot programme to equip 2 000 fibre-connected households with free Google TV streaming dongles, turning standard televisions into smart, connected... 

JSE-listed MTN Group has achieved a 59.8% year-to-date increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), before one-off items, to R73.01-billion, during the nine... 

Cell C Holdings on Thursday opened an offer for the sale of up to 173.4-million ordinary shares, together with 9.52-million overallotment shares, as the company moves forward with its JSE listing... 

Digital services and infrastructure company Cassava Technologies has launched its Cassava AI Multi-Model Exchange (CAIMEx) platform, which is designed to make AI tools and large language models... 

Cell C Business and Huawei Cloud have entered into a renewed collaboration to strengthen cloud, digital infrastructure and industry-specific solutions, A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marks... 

Digital infrastructure group Seacom has undertaken a brand overhaul as it marks a new chapter and reaffirms its commitment to innovation, client focus and digital leadership. The “strategic leap”...