Seacom in strategic FibreCo acquisition

Seacom South Africa has concluded a sale agreement for the 100% acquisition of FibreCo Telecommunications. FibreCo owns and operates a national open access dark fibre network, providing infrastructure, connectivity and services across South Africa. The acquisition is...

5G will help Africa tap into new industries

Africa remains the region with the highest growth rate in mobile subscriptions globally, according to a new report from Ericsson and the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR), titled “Making 5G a reality for Africa”. Total mobile data traffic...

WannaCry is still alive and kicking

One and a half years after its epidemic, WannaCry ransomware still tops the list of the most widespread cryptor families and the ransomware has attacked 74 621 unique users worldwide, accounting for 28,72% of all users targeted by cryptors in Q3 2018. The percentage...

Nokia deploys 5G in SA with Rain

Nokia has deployed its 5G site for the South African operator Rain, which is already in position to offer 5G as has access to 5G spectrum. As an early adopter of 5G, Tain will roll out the technology in South Africa, ahead of many other countries globally. Full...

Huawei lifts the lid on its SA cloud

Huawei Cloud has officially launched in South Africa, with a local data center providing cloud services in-country. Huawei Cloud South Africa region will start providing cloud services at the end of this year, allowing organisations operating inside South Africa and...

Millennials + ICT = an entrepreneurial match

Born between the early 1980s and 2000s, millennials are becoming a larger and more important part of South Africa’s population. However, the prevailing tough economic climate has taken its toll on the country’s millennials, with youth unemployment reaching...