Six months on from the Canal+ takeover, the question is: what kind of company is MultiChoice now? The official line is that the DStv parent, now owned by France’s Groupe Canal+, remains a focused African video entertainment business, backed by the scale and capital of a global pay-television operator. The combined group serves more than…
Applications are open for Sasol’s 2027 bursary programme, which funds full-time undergraduate studies in engineering and science. Image supplied As one of South Africa’s leading Stem employers, Sasol currently supports around 300 students studying at local institutions. The Sasol Bursary Programme builds the company’s talent pipeline while expanding access to tertiary education for high-achieving youth,…
Meta has officially introduced the ability for Instagram users to edit their comments, addressing a long-standing request from the platform’s community. Much like the direct message editing feature launched in 2024, the new tool provides a 15-minute window for users to correct typos, refine their tone, or add missing context to their posts. Read: SportyTV…
More than 10 investigations underway as the Financial Sector Conduct Authority highlights systemic risks in trading platforms. (Image created via Gemini) The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has intensified its scrutiny of online investment and trading platforms, with more than 10 active investigations underway, amid mounting consumer complaints. Speaking during a roundtable discussion last week…
SportyTV, an African-focused streaming platform, said on Monday that it has acquired pay-television rights to show all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. The deal, which SportyTV said was struck directly with Fifa, marks a significant escalation for the platform in a market where MultiChoice Group’s SuperSport has held the…
Samsung, in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), has launched a new campaign to attract Black-owned service centre SMEs to its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP). The initiative forms part of the company’s enterprise development programme and builds on a previous campaign that targeted both ICT and service centre businesses. The…
Cloud spending is going up. According to ‘PwC’s 2025 Africa Cloud Business Survey’, 88% of organisations on the continent plan to increase their cloud budgets this year, yet many still can’t tell you exactly where that money is going. That’s the paradox of modern cloud economics – the more you spend, the harder it gets…
Audi South Africa’s Asif Hoosen South Africa’s electric vehicle market is failing to grow and Audi says import taxes and a lack of consumer incentives are largely to blame, with the premium segment declining in full battery electric sales last year. That was the message from Asif Hoosen, head of sales and planning at Audi…
Out of over 60 shortlisted candidates, the winners of 13 award categories will be announced. There’s only a week left until the much-awaited 2026 Wired4Women Awards programme reaches its conclusion – the announcement of winners at a gala ceremony on Thursday, 16 April. This initiative of the Wired4Women Forum and ITWeb Brainstorm, with Telkom as…
The entrance to the SpaceX rocket launch area in Brownsville, Texas. Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Reuters Wall Street is reaching for some unusual yardsticks to price Elon Musk’s SpaceX. At least one of SpaceX’s large institutional investors is privately benchmarking the rocket and satellite company not against aerospace rivals like Boeing or telecommunications giants like AT&T, but…
