TaxTim heads into Namibia with PwC

South African-born digital tax assistant TaxTim began its African expansion this week, working together with audit, tax and advisory firm PwC to enter Namibia. Since raising seed funding from Google in 2011, TaxTim has helped over 1.3 million South Africans make tax...

EOH expands further into Africa

EOH is spreading its wings further into Africa with the acquisition of equity stakes of between 49% and 80% – depending on the country – of Twenty Third Century Systems (TTCS) and its subsidiaries. The value of the deal has not been disclosed, but the acquisition...

Mitsubishi Electric expands in Africa

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced the expansion of its business in Africa with the launch of a new Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Starting operations from June, the new branch will focus on market research and business...

Telkom expands LTE Advanced network

Telkom has expanded its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) network to an additional 22 suburbs across South Africa. LTE-A is the next evolution of high-speed wireless broadband and can theoretically support peak speeds of up to 1Gbps. The LTE-A expansion will cover areas in greater Johannesburg, the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Tshwane. The size of Telkom’s LTE-A network is unrivalled anywhere in Africa. Additionally, Telkom is one of the earliest adopters of the LTE-A technology in the world and the first in South Africa.

Soarsoft expands its international reach

Soarsoft initially started out in 2001 with a single email archiving solution offered to the local South African market. Since then, and over the 14 years that it has been in existence, the business has made great strides in diversifying and growing into a provider of...