Former MTN CEO dies
Sifiso Dabengwa, formerly chairperson of Eskom and CEO of MTN, died yesterday (1 September) from cancer. Dabengwa was CEO of MTN from 2011 to 2015, and chaired Eskom from 2018 to 2020. Dabengwa is survived by his wife and four children.
Capitec enhances CX with cloud-based services
Kathy Gibson reports from AWS Summit in Sandton - Capitec is adding features to its AWS-based app that will allow customers to place calls from within the app. Customers can already access the app without having to use data - and now the calls to Capitec will also be...
SA consumers impacted by supply chain disruptions
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3CX threat may have been active since February
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Foldable phones only bright spot in declining smartphone market
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Agile retailers the winners as Easter sales growth slows
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C-suite execs unfamiliar with basic cybersecurity terms
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Financial analysis app for African users
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Qualcomm demos next step in 5G
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