South Africa, Page 12
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Thu, June 19th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Think about how your business will cope after you’ve gone, startup CEOs told
Small businesses leaders should start thinking about how their business will function without them, according to Anton Ressel, senior consultant at development firm Fetola. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zest sells 3,000 units in first 24 hours
South African startup Zest Mobile sold 3,000 units of its flagship smartphone the T1 on the first day of priority sales, with public sales opening today. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
SA cybercriminals arrested over $815k fraud – report
South African police have arrested five suspects accused of launching a cyber attacks that went undetected for a number of days and led to the theft of ZAR8.7 million (US$815,000) from the Road Traffic Management Corporation, according to a report. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 17:30 · Chris Udemans
Limpopo white spaces implementation begins
The implementation phase of the TV white spaces pilot project at the University of Limpopo, South Africa, has officially begun, giving the university and surrounding schools access to 21st century teaching technology. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
JPSA publishes e-toll roadblock information page
The Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) has published a webpage to battle both “rumours and acts of intimidation” and disseminate factual information relating to e-toll roadblocks on Gauteng’s highways. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 16:30 · Chris Udemans
Barclays Africa considers Bytes acquisition
Barclays Africa Group is in talks to buy the automatic teller machine (ATM) business of Allied Electronics (Altron)-owned Bytes Technology, according to a report. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 15:30 · Chris Udemans
MWEB in “high street” Wi-Fi deployment in Durban
South African internet service provider (ISP) MWEB has announced a “high street” deployment of free Wi-Fi services along Florida Road in Durban, South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
SA Gender Commission investigates Motsoeneng “wife gift”
South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has confirmed it has received a complaint over South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) acting chief operating officer (COO) allegedly accepting a wife as a gift in Limpopo last week and is investigating. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
DA to request meeting over e-tolls “rethink”
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) will request a meeting with Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi after he said the provincial government was taking a “second look” at the e-tolling policy. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN cancels WBS SMS termination services
South Africa’s second operator MTN has revoked its SMS termination services from WBS, parent company of internet provider iBurst, following the company’s failure to pay the operator. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
SA’s Capitec launches banking app
South African retail bank Capitec has launched its mobile banking app, allowing users of both smartphones and feature phones to access the service. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA to expand ICT infrastructure, boost skills, support SMEs – Zuma
The South African government will expand affordable ICT infrastructures across the country, improve technical skills training for young people, and support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next five year term, president Jacob Zuma promised in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: Kenya’s perceived innovation lead over SA could be all hype
For a good seven years now, it has been fashionable to refer to the coming of Kenya in terms of African innovation, and how the East African nation is outstripping the more economically powerful South Africa when it comes to technological entrepreneurship. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA’s Zest Mobile launches pre-order sales on T1
South African startup Zest Mobile has launched pre-order sales of its new mobile offering, the T1 smartphone, with the first 1,000 customers offered 1GB of free data each month under the launch package deal. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 12:30 · Chris Udemans
Internet Solutions acquires ContinuitySA
South African internet service provider (ISP) Internet Solutions (IS) has announced the acquisition of business continuity management company ContinuitySA (CSA) for an undisclosed sum. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
New-look accelerator programme opening in Joburg, Cape Town
A new programme for launching tech startups, Start with Seven (Sw7), is to set launch in Johannesburg and Cape Town in mid-July, providing a different take on traditional incubator and accelerator programmes. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
OUTA welcomes e-toll rethink
South Africa’s Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has welcomed the proposed rethink of the e-toll system by Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi, saying the system comes at excessive administrative costs and will never achieve high compliance. → Read more
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Mon, June 16th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Hivos, DOEN Foundation, Indigo Trust in $500k grant for African tech hubs
Hivos has announced a partnership with the DOEN Foundation and Indigo Trust to launch a EUR373,000 (US$505,000) fund to support technology hubs around Africa with the aim of empowering more sustainable entrepreneurship. → Read more
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Mon, June 16th, 11:20 · Tom Jackson
Gauteng considers scrapping e-tolls – report
The Gauteng provincial government is considering scrapping the controversial e-tolling policy as a means of funding the building of highways, according to a report by the Sunday Independent, though the idea has not been completely discarded. → Read more
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Mon, June 16th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cape Town developer launches interactive load shedding map
South African developer and entrepreneur Johann du Toit has launched an online interactive map to help residents of Cape Town keep up to date with scheduled electricity load shedding plans. → Read more
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