Joburg commits R5m for start-ups

Potential tech-preneurs who come up with technology solutions to everyday Jozi problems stand the chance of turning their digital ideas into viable business opportunities. Three entrants will walk away with a total of R1.7 million: R1 million for the overall winner of...

OpenWeb lets users bid for ADSL

In a first for the South African market, local ISP OpenWeb has launched “Bid for Bandwidth” where data will be auctioned to the highest bidder and which could save customers up to 80% off the price of their monthly ADSL package. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright...

ARC takes stake in Metrofibre

African Rainbow Capital has acquired an 18,14% shareholding in fibre provider Metrofibre Networx. African Rainbow Capital (ARC) is a subsidiary of Ubuntu-Botho Investments (UBI), a broad based black empowerment investment holding company. UBI was created in 2004 with...

Seacom rolls out coastal services

Following a successful roll-out of Seacom Business in Gauteng last year, the company has now extended the business to South African coastal regions. Business customers in Cape Town and Durban metropolitan areas will now be able to buy high-speed bandwidth solutions...

Automate innovation to ease transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit, Hannover – Trying to survive in a rapidly-digitising world is no easy task for companies, and innovative new products and services could mean the difference between success and failure. But the innovation journey is not an easy...

From zero to hero for new public cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit, Hannover – Just under one year after Huawei and Deutsche Telecom announced their intention to build a public cloud in Europe, the system has gone live – and has already signed up its first customer. The new Open Telekom...