The recent civil unrest throughout various parts of the country indicates the harsh reality that the needs of South Africa's majority are not being met. This is according to former Chief Negotiator to end apartheid and lawyer, Roelf Meyer, who says that for those...

The European hard disk drive (HDD) market continued to soar in the second quarter of 2021 with its largest ever total addressable market (TAM) size, thanks to the impact of the Chia cryptocurrency, according to research group Context. Unlike regular cryptocurrencies...

While Blockchain technology is certainly worth investigating, CIOs should not be fooled into thinking it is the panacea for all the potential use cases currently under discussion. Forrester principal analyst, Martha Bennett is advising a healthy dose of scepticism....

Despite fears that local coffee prices will drastically increase due to a shortage of beans from Brazil, coupled with the entrance of Starbucks into the South African market, prices will remain stable and steadily increase at realistic levels. Because South Africa is...

Potential tech-preneurs who come up with technology solutions to everyday Jozi problems stand the chance of turning their digital ideas into viable business opportunities. Three entrants will walk away with a total of R1.7 million: R1 million for the overall winner of...

In a first for the South African market, local ISP OpenWeb has launched "Bid for Bandwidth" where data will be auctioned to the highest bidder and which could save customers up to 80% off the price of their monthly ADSL package. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says they have...

African Rainbow Capital has acquired an 18,14% shareholding in fibre provider Metrofibre Networx. African Rainbow Capital (ARC) is a subsidiary of Ubuntu-Botho Investments (UBI), a broad based black empowerment investment holding company. UBI was created in 2004 with...

Following a successful roll-out of Seacom Business in Gauteng last year, the company has now extended the business to South African coastal regions. Business customers in Cape Town and Durban metropolitan areas will now be able to buy high-speed bandwidth solutions...

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit, Hannover - Trying to survive in a rapidly-digitising world is no easy task for companies, and innovative new products and services could mean the difference between success and failure. But the innovation journey is not an easy one,...

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit, Hannover - Just under one year after Huawei and Deutsche Telecom announced their intention to build a public cloud in Europe, the system has gone live - and has already signed up its first customer. The new Open Telekom Cloud is an...