Call to advance pneumonia vaccination

After calling on their governments to invest in immunisation for the girl child, and engaged them to eradicate polio once and for all, civil society across Africa are now making sure pneumonia vaccines are high on the agenda. In commemorating World Pneumonia Day,...

Boost for renewable energy

Countries have an opportunity to significantly increase renewable energy ambition within Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and to accelerate its deployment in line with climate objectives under the Paris Agreement, per a new report by the International...

Apple iPhone X comes in at $370

A preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X has found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64Gb of NAND memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $370.25. With a starting price of $999.00, the iPhone X is $50.00 more than the previous...

iPhone 7 is world’s best-selling phone

Apple’s iPhone 7 was the world’s best-shipping smartphone in Q3 2017, with 13-million units shipped. The iPhone 6s was a distant second, after an uptick that resulted in 7,9-million shipments, according to research from Canalys. Samsung’s Galaxy J2...

African LTE subscriptions set for growth

LTE subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa will expand by 47% from 30-million in 2017 to 310-million. Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report also announces that mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to grow by 6%, between 2017 and 2023, from...

Mobile, data areas of growth for Telkom

Telkom Group revenue was down 1,6% to R20,109-billion for the six months to 30 September 2017. Net operating revenue of R15,791-billion was down 0,9%, with EBIDTA of R5,201-billion down 1,9%. Information technology revenue of R3,652-billion was down 3,3%. BEPS was...