MTN buys MultiChoice fibre provider

MTN has concluded a deal with MultiChoice to acquire Smart Village, which will accelerate the mobile operator’s fibre to the home (FTTH) strategy. The transaction is subject to approval by the South African competition authorities in terms of the Competition Act....

Massive decline for MEA server market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) server market – comprising x86 and non-x86 servers – contracted 10% year on year in Q2 2015 to total 65 000 units, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). This decline can primarily be attributed to...

Corporates can gain from nurturing SMEs

Corporate South Africa has a major role to play in driving the growth of small businesses – and every reason to help nurture a healthy SME sector. This is the view of Ivan Epstein, Sage CEO for AAMEA (Africa, Australia, Middle East and Asia) and chairman of the...

SAP extends African job creation drive

SAP Africa has announced the details of the latest chapter in the company’s SAP Skills for Africa job creation initiative. SAP Skills for Africa is an integral part of SAP Africa’s commitment to train 10 000 ICT consultants across the continent by 2020. The South...

Check Point uncovers iOS app attack

The first wide-scale attack on iOS apps has been uncovered: XcodeGhost is a compromised version of the iOS developer platform, Xcode. This unofficial version of Xcode was altered so that it injects malicious code into any app that was developed and compiled using it,...

Creating the economy of connections

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – The CIO has a vitally important role to play in building a transformed digital business. “It’s all about building an innovation competency,” says Peter Sondergaard, senior vice-president and head of research...