Why SA operators fail on mobile money

Operator-led mobile money services in South Africa have failed to gain traction because they have faced competition from mass retail chains and banks, which have been more successful in addressing the needs of both the unbanked and banked populations. This is the word...

All board members have to add value

Boards cannot afford to have directors around the table who aren’t delivering value, whether they are men or women. This is according to a new report based on the 2016 Global Board of Directors survey, released by Professor Boris Groysberg and Yo-Jud Cheng of...

Africa in its sights as VMware adds distributors

VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, has made changes to its distribution partners in southern, west, east and central Africa, appointing new distributors to help provide resellers in Africa, better access to VMware solutions....

Forum commits to lobby for WiFi connectivity

The WiFi Forum of South Africa (WFFSA) has successfully completed its first year and elected a new management committee to take it into a second year of lobbying for WiFi as a viable and affordable access medium for the majority of the country’s population....

Free WiFi for all this Freedom Day

Local WiFi provider AlwaysOn will make this year’s Freedom Day (27 April) a day for free WiFi. For one day, free WiFi will be available at the thousands of AlwaysOn Hotspots and SuperWiFi locations across the country. Hayden Lamberti, MD of AlwaysOn, comments:...

Orange completes Tigo buyout in DRC

Less than three months after signing an agreement with Millicom, Orange it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Tigo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The mobile market in the DRC is undergoing significant growth and is currently...