MTN reports growth in tough climate

MTN Group grew its subscribers by 2,5-million to 225,4-million in the quarter ended 30 September 2018. Active data subscribers increased by 5-million to 74,2-million during the period, while active MTN Mobile Money customers increased by 1,7-million to 25,8-million....

African appetite for crypto-currencies grows

While much of the recent crypto-related news headlines have focused on the fluctuating bitcoin price, Africa’s interest in the crypto-currency has continued to grow. Crypto-currency marketplace Paxful reports that its total number of transactions from African...

Meteoric growth for smart speakers

The global installed base for smart speakers will hit 100-million early next year, before surpassing the 200-million mark at some point in 2020. This is according to GlobalData’s latest report, “Smart Speakers – Thematic Research”, whch states...

Road closure planned in Greymont

Subsequent to a routine bridge inspection the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) concluded that there is a need to rehabilitate a major culvert infrastructure at West Road within West Road, Greymont, between 8th street and 5th street in Greymont. The inspection revealed...
Failure to innovate puts companies at risk

Failure to innovate puts companies at risk

Organisations around the world recognise the need to digitally transform their operations, but the rate at which they are doing so is still slow. In fact, only 40% of companies are using digital transformation, says Ian Jansen van Rensburg, evangelist and chief...

DevSecOps drives better action against security flaws

Cyber security is a massive challenge for organisations in every industry, which are dealing with a massive volume of open flaws that need to be addressed. But DevSecOps is helping to drive improvements in taking action. According to a new report, 69% of flaws...