May 22, 2026
There was a time when connectivity was seen as infrastructure, or worse, as background noise for the IT department while business decision-makers focused on more important decisions. By Willem van Zyl, chief technology officer of Backspace Technologies Those days are...
May 19, 2026
In today’s digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. By Richard Schumacher, Seacom group MD: digital infrastructure Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical...
May 12, 2026
As South Africa prepares to mark World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 17 May, the conversation around connectivity is shifting from infrastructure to impact. Vuyani Jarana, CEO of Ilitha Telecommunications, says the next phase of South Africa’s...
Apr 15, 2026
Across Africa’s telecommunications sector, a quiet but decisive shift is underway. By Nitesh Singh, financial services and communications, media & technology lead for Accenture, South Africa Operators are increasingly consolidating their technology environments,...
Mar 18, 2026
The criteria for choosing a communication partner have shifted. While the pressure of loadshedding has eased, businesses are now navigating a new set of infrastructure challenges – from water scarcity and freight bottlenecks to a surge in sophisticated,...
Feb 24, 2026
For years, we’ve been talking about the transformation happening across the telecoms space. As part of this evolution, the industry’s big players are moving beyond being providers of voice and data services to become full-fledged technology companies, writes Damian...
