Solid growth for new car sales

South Africa’s new vehicle industry has seen yet another month of growth, despite macroeconomic challenges. According to the latest aggregated sales statistics from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), new vehicle sales...

Tax hikes not the solution to fiscal pressure

South Africa suffers from a trifecta of social challenges, namely: inequality, poverty and high levels of unemployment. This, when coupled with the state of economic stagflation, rampant government expenditure and bureaucratic paralysis is creating unprecedented...

Iridium satellites ready for lift-off

Iridium Communications is set to become the first company in history to reuse the same rocket when it launches its next batch of satellites later this month. All 10 Iridium NEXT satellites for the company’s fourth launch are now in processing at SpaceX’s...
Microsoft, SAP in joint cloud deal

Microsoft, SAP in joint cloud deal

Microsoft and SAP have announced they will be deploying each other’s cloud solutions internally. They will also co-engineer, go to market together and provide joint support services. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud — SAP’s private managed cloud service...

ISPA’s Cull welcomes ECA competition

The recently-published Electronic Communications Amendment Bill proposes that mobile network operators and other vertically-integrated telecoms firms allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and others to compete for subscribers over their networks. “Legislation...

Agricultural IoT set for 27m devices

According to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the installed base of wireless IoT devices in agricultural production worldwide reached 17-million connections in 2016. The number of wireless connections is forecasted to grow at compound...