Telecommunications group Vodacom Group has appointed Vodafone Egypt CEO Mohamed Abdallah as Vodacom International Markets CEO, expanding his role to assume a broader regional executive leadership... 

Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a... 

Telecommunications group MTN South Africa has launched a pilot delivery service for its Shesh@5G Sim cards and Home Internet connectivity packages to selected areas in Johannesburg. The new... 

  JSE-listed Telkom on Monday posted expectations of double-digit earnings increases for the year ended March 31, 2025. 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the tense exchange in Parliament this week over a draft policy direction Gazetted on May 23 relating to the use of Equity Equivalent Investment... 

Global aviation industry specialist ICT company SITA has launched a new service – SITA Managed Satellites. Making use of low Earth orbit satellites, it provides airports with communications that... 

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi faced fierce push back from lawmakers on Tuesday to his proposed policy direction opening the way for multinational broadband service... 

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) on Friday gazetted a draft policy direction on the role of equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) in the information and... 

Turkish telecommunications group Turkcell on Thursday said that the Constitutional Court should decline to hear South African telecommunications MTN’s appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal’s... 

South Africa’s government plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of local Black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in the country, aiming to ease tensions with both the... 

A strong second half performance enabled JSE-listed Vodacom to deliver growth, on a normalised basis, during the year ended March 31, 2025. In particular, South Africa, Egypt and Tanzania emerged... 

JSE-listed Blue Label on Friday said it is considering a possible restructure to facilitate a separation and potential future listing of Cell C on the JSE. The proposed restructure, with various... 

South Africa’s Presidency has established the Digital Service Unit, to be led by South African technology entrepreneur Melvyn Lubega, to coordinate the implementation of the Roadmap for the Digital... 

Turkish telecommunications group Turkcell has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision that its $4.2-billion case against South African telecommunications group MTN can be tried in South... 

Telecommunications group MTN Group on Wednesday said it plans to appeal a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) that upheld aspects of the appeal lodged by Turkcell. Since 2013, MTN and... 

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the US on April 14, public comments made by Jonas in 2020, in which he... 

Telecommunications group MTN has maintained its title of South Africa’s best mobile network during the first quarter of 2025, with a Network Quality Score of 9.92. According to MyBroadband... 

Africa needs its own technology champions to enable the continent to be more deliberate about the kind of evolution and digital ecosystem that it needs. The continent’s needs differ from other... 

Telecommunications group MTN Group has entered a strategic partnership with video software provider Synamedia to develop a new streaming platform tailored for mobile and fixed broadband subscribers... 

South African telecommunications giant MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita has been elected as GSMA deputy chairperson, serving until the end of 2026. Mupita will support GSMA chairperson... 

South Africa’s telecommunications experienced growth in 2024, driven by a surge in fibre subscriptions, heightened engagement on social media platforms and substantial advancements in network... 

The High Court Gauteng Division has suspended the March 31 switch off of South Africa’s analogue frequencies pending a review of the shutdown date. This followed a two-part application brought by... 

Voice-activated panic app Valor enhances safety because a user can alert armed response and medical emergency teams as soon as she or he becomes aware of a threat or danger, thereby minimising the... 

A consortium led by global sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in South African telecom tower portfolio Swiftnet.   

State-owned digital infrastructure services provider Sentech and small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) organisation the Information and Communications Technology SMME Chamber (ICT SMME... 

Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics Department researchers, working in collaboration with Chinese colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, have successfully established the... 

Internet and connectivity services company Google Cloud has launched its first cloud region for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which will provide low-latency access for businesses of all sizes to... 

JSE-listed MTN Group on Monday posted a 33.5% decline in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to R60.10-billion on a reported basis during the year ended December... 

Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group continues its expansion in East Africa with the opening of Paratus Tanzania. The launch of Paratus Tanzania, a joint... 

Telecommunications giant MTN South Africa has repositioned its brand to reinforce its commitment to enabling progress and empowering South Africans to act toward a brighter future. As part of the... 

Pan-African connectivity and cloud services provider Seacom has partnered with satellite engineering enterprise Q-KON to enhance Seacom’s low earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services,... 

JSE- and Nasdaq-listed financial technology company Lesaka Technologies has completed the acquisition of South African prepaid electricity submetering and payment business Recharger for... 

Local smart home technology startup Sensor Networks has secured a strategic partnership with Italy-based geyser manufacturer Ariston to bring smart water heating solutions to South African... 

MTN South Africa has appointed Pushkar Gokhale as chief wholesale officer, effective August 1, tasked with advancing MTN's strategy to become the “network of choice” for the wholesale market. He is...