Mixed bag for Poynting at mid-year
Poynting Holdings has reported increased income for the six months ended 31 December 2014, although results for the period are mixed. The company reports that DS revenue increased by 13% to R42-million, and it now has cash on hand of R75,8-million. The half year...Zazoo adds payment options to Uber service
Zazoo has partnered with Uber in South Africa, allowing customers who don’t have credit cards to use Zazoo’s VCpay to create virtual MasterCards that can be used to pay for the Uber service. VCpay is a mobile application that utilises Net1’s patented Mobile Virtual...PC sales in East Africa decline in 2014
PC shipments to East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia) totalled 657 472 units in 2014, according to preliminary results from IDC. This represents a year-on-year decline of 10,8% from the 736 869 units recorded in 2013. The withdrawal of cheap mini...ISPs in content classification firing line
Internet service providers (ISPs) could find themselves held to account for the classification of all content carried on the networks, if the Draft Online Regulation Policies are signed into law. Current legislation makes ISPs responsible for the content that they distribute, says Sipho Risiba, chief operating officer of the Film and Publication Board (FPB). In addition, content developers, hosting companies, and mobile operators will fall under the scope of the new regulations, and be held responsible for content classification.
