In August 2020, MTN Group announced its intention to exit the Middle East in the medium-term in order to focus on its pan-African strategy, simplify its portfolio and reduce risk. Aligned with this objective, effective 17 November 2021, MTN has agreed to exit its...

The "usual suspects" of plastic pollution by individuals - plastic bags and straws - now have company. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, disposable masks are lying discarded all over the country. And, according to Brendon Jewaskiewitz, President of Institute...

Global telecoms giant BT has announced it is accelerating its investment in dynamic network services (DNS) by integrating a range of new technologies that will make it easier, faster and safer for organisations to move towards a cloud-based IT consumption model as...

Video on demand (VOD) service, ShowMax, has signed a peering agreement with NAPAfrica Johannesburg, the largest Internet exchange point (IXP) in Africa. Originally launched in 2015, ShowMax is available in 65 countries and houses Africa's largest subscription video...

There was a time when we envisioned a future in which employers used technology as an ever-watchful eye, frightening workers into maximum productivity. Instead, we've seen workplace culture go largely in the other direction, with employers fostering productivity by...

PCMS, a global supplier of point of sale (POS) solutions with a head office in the UK, has selected redPanda Software to provide offshore development services to its core development group. PCMS is expanding rapidly and the redPanda Software relationship will help to...

Groupon South Africa has ceased to operate, and will close its doors finally by the end of the month. The group buying site this morning directed customers to a message reading: "Dear Customer, You have been redirected here as you have tried to access the Groupon...

If businesses are to make best of cloud and remain relevant in the digital era, they must learn to collaborate more effectively. However, an Oracle research report, "IaaS: building a business that innovates", found many organisations operate in a way that is counter...

Today's IT organisations are divided into two camps: those that thrive by effectively leveraging digital technologies, new business models, and entrepreneurial cultures; and those that are saddled by technical debt, plodding business processes, and lack of a...

Nigeria is one of the most connected countries in the world when it comes to receiving and sending money, according to The Western Union Company, which has operated in Nigeria for 20 years. More than 195 countries and territories sent money into Nigeria, and 160...