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Liquid Intelligent Technologies extends its Botswana fibre network
12th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies has completed its fibre network extension from Ramatlabama to Ramokgwebana. The enhanced independent network spans over 730 km, marking... 


Financial crime investigators can now subpoena digital bank records
11th December 2024 By: Darren Parker

The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) and the Banking Association South Africa (Basa) have launched the Section 205... 


MTN sponsors microgrid initiative delivering renewable energy, connectivity to Orange Farm
11th December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications group MTN South Africa is sponsoring a microgrid initiative in Orange Farm to bring renewable energy, Internet connectivity and new economic opportunities to the area. MTN’s... 


Icasa gazettes new call termination rates glide path
11th December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published the amendments to the 2014 Call Termination Regulations, setting a new three-year glide path for termination rates in... 


PwC survey finds sub-Saharan CEOs are equally, if not more, focused on transformation
9th December 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Consultancy PwC finds in its latest yearly global CEO survey that 81% of CEO’s in Africa took at least one action that greatly impacted on their company’s’ business model in 2023, compared with 76%... 


Unitrans positive about govt, private-sector intervention amid transport crises
9th December 2024 By: Tracy Hancock

Despite the deterioration of South Africa’s aging transport infrastructure and a challenging operating environment, end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions provider Unitrans CEO Edwin... 


University of Pretoria student provisionally credited with detecting an asteroid
6th December 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

A third-year student at the University of Pretoria (UP) has been provisionally credited with the detection of an asteroid. Twenty-year-old Rorisang Mahomo, who hails from Lesotho, has had her... 


Neopak extends partnership with ABB to upgrade operations, accelerate digitalisation
5th December 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Containerboard and paper products manufacturer Neopak has renewed its partnership with global technology company ABB to upgrade the existing automation system at its Rosslyn paper mill, in... 


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Unitrans positive about govt, private-sector intervention amid transport crises
9th December 2024 By: Tracy Hancock

Despite the deterioration of South Africa’s aging transport infrastructure and a challenging operating environment, end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions provider Unitrans CEO Edwin... 


Major SABS cyberattack raises questions about entity’s leadership
3rd December 2024 By: Darren Parker

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has suffered a major ransomware cyber-attack, resulting in critical IT systems going down, Engineering News has learned. This is not the first time the... 


EAAIF, IFC and Proparco coanchor investors in oversubscribed $1.2bn IHS Holding bond
2nd December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), managed by Ninety One, acted as a coanchor investor, alongside IFC and Proparco, in... 


MTN extends Mupita’s contract
29th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

MTN Group on Friday said that group president and CEO Ralph Mupita’s employment agreement has been extended until August 31, 2030. The group reached an agreement with Mupita on the extension of his... 


Tech advancements in Africa have greatly advanced ESG, SDG imperatives – panel
29th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Technology advancements in Africa are helping to advance various environment, social and governance (ESG) goals for companies and industries, and contribute to the efforts to achieve the UN... 


MTN Group, ODC partner to advance true Open RAN across Africa
28th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s MTN Group and Northern Virginia-headquartered Open RAN Development Company (ODC) have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test innovative Open RAN (ORAN) solutions... 


BankServ's PayShap Request service to launch on December 2
26th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Real-time payment request service PayShap Request, to be launched on December 2, will enable users to initiate payment requests instantly through their bank channels, thereby accelerating payment... 


Deadline looms for comments on framework that will shape South Africa’s AI policy
25th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Stakeholders have until November 29 to comment on South Africa’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Framework, which will guide the development and adoption of an AI-focused national plan... 


Reunert reports year-end financial improvement
22nd November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Reunert has reported growth in its earnings for the year ended September 30, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment in South Africa. The group’s headline earnings a share... 


Innovation, regulation, cybersecurity dominate 2025 AI trends
22nd November 2024 By: Donna Slater

With the growing adoption and further development of AI, the technology is continuing to reshape the data centre industry – a reality reflected in the projected 2025 data centre trends determined... 


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Tech advancements in Africa have greatly advanced ESG, SDG imperatives – panel
29th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Technology advancements in Africa are helping to advance various environment, social and governance (ESG) goals for companies and industries, and contribute to the efforts to achieve the UN... 


Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted
29th November 2024 By: Reuters

About 1.5-million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside... 


DSTI, NRF launch new environmental monitoring network in South Africa
26th November 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has announced that it and its parent Ministry, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), have jointly launched a new environmental... 


Deadline looms for comments on framework that will shape South Africa’s AI policy
25th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Stakeholders have until November 29 to comment on South Africa’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Framework, which will guide the development and adoption of an AI-focused national plan... 


Wits MIND to collaborate with industry on fundamental AI research
21st November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) opened a new AI research hub called the Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute on November 19. The institute will focus on... 


Govt progresses consultation on National Communication Satellite Strategy
20th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The departments of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), together with their entities, signal distribution company Sentech and the South... 


Humanoid robot serving as research platform launched at Stellenbosch University
8th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has launched a humanoid robotics research platform to showcase advanced robotics technology. The humanoid robot... 


World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
5th November 2024 By: Reuters

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by Kyoto... 


RMB, REdimension Capital, GBCSA release ESG proptech report
4th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Financial institution Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has, in partnership with REdimension Capital and the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), released an environmental, social and governance... 


Clean energy technology market to rival crude oil market value by 2035
30th October 2024 By: Darren Parker

Based on the current policy environment, the global market for clean energy technologies is set to rise from $700-billion in 2023 to more than $2-trillion by 2035, close to the value of the current... 


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Icasa gazettes new call termination rates glide path
11th December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published the amendments to the 2014 Call Termination Regulations, setting a new three-year glide path for termination rates in... 


EAAIF, IFC and Proparco coanchor investors in oversubscribed $1.2bn IHS Holding bond
2nd December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), managed by Ninety One, acted as a coanchor investor, alongside IFC and Proparco, in... 


MTN extends Mupita’s contract
29th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

MTN Group on Friday said that group president and CEO Ralph Mupita’s employment agreement has been extended until August 31, 2030. The group reached an agreement with Mupita on the extension of his... 


MTN Group, ODC partner to advance true Open RAN across Africa
28th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s MTN Group and Northern Virginia-headquartered Open RAN Development Company (ODC) have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test innovative Open RAN (ORAN) solutions... 


Tau appeals block of $730m Vodacom deal
27th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau is appealing an order by the nation’s Competition Tribunal that blocked Vodacom Group’s R13.2-billion deal to buy a stake in... 


Vodacom, Maziv to appeal the prohibition of their fibre deal
27th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Mobile network operator Vodacom and connectivity and telecommunications infrastructure company Maziv have decided to lodge a notice of appeal with the Competition Appeal Court after the Competition... 


BankServ's PayShap Request service to launch on December 2
26th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Real-time payment request service PayShap Request, to be launched on December 2, will enable users to initiate payment requests instantly through their bank channels, thereby accelerating payment... 


MTN Group launches 5G technology in Benin, Congo-Brazzaville
26th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

MTN Group has launched commercial 5G networks in Benin and the Republic of Congo. Since its first commercial 5G launch in South Africa in 2020, the telecommunications group has its 5G offerings... 


South African companies increasingly aware of cybersecurity, mitigating against risks
21st November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Assurance, advisory and tax services company PwC’s 'Global Digital Trust Insights Survey 2025: South Africa' report shows that 66% of South African organisations prioritise mitigating cyber-risks,... 


Wits MIND to collaborate with industry on fundamental AI research
21st November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) opened a new AI research hub called the Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute on November 19. The institute will focus on... 


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