The communications & digital technologies department has issued a wide-ranging request for information (RFI) inviting potential partners to help modernise and commercialise key parts of the South African Post Office (Sapo), including its digital platform. It forms part of the company’s turnaround strategy to optimise its assets and infrastructure through partnerships with both the private…
Researchers have observed a significant increase in the use of special characters in passwords. This year, “admin” is the most common password in South Africa, replacing last year’s top choice of “123456”. Additionally, “admin” made the biggest leap, climbing from 20th place in South Africa last year. This is according to NordPass, together with NordStellar,…
The 2Africa cable coming ashore at an undisclosed location. Image: Meta Platforms The consortium behind 2Africa, a new broadband cable encircling the African continent, has announced the completion of the new system’s core infrastructure. The vast system, built by Meta Platforms and partners including MTN’s Bayobab, Vodafone Group and Wiocc Group, now connects 33 countries…
HP Inc and Sisvel have concluded an agreement for the Palo Alto-based global technology leader to become a licensee of the Sisvel Wi-Fi 6 patent pool. The deal follows a mediation process ordered by Judge Rodney Gilstrap, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, as part of patent infringement litigation brought…
Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom has delivered an impressive set of interim results for the six months to 30 September 2025, underscoring the extent to which the company is outperforming its larger rivals, MTN and Vodacom, in South Africa’s fiercely competitive mobile market. While the country’s two biggest operators are battling sluggish demand in prepaid…
Most connected African consumers browse for products online through search engines, retailer websites, or social media platforms. Social media now rivals traditional word-of-mouth as top purchase driver, and is shaping African consumers’ buying decisions. This is according to the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s) “119 million reasons for optimism: How young consumers are reshaping Africa’s retail…
Nkosana Makate in the constitutional court last year Nkosana Makate and his lawyers have agreed to ring-fence 40% of the payout he received from Vodacom earlier this month for the “please call me” (PCM) idea. According to media reports, legal teams for Makate and Black Rock Mining (BRM) agreed on 40% of the payout —…
Based on a zero-fee banking model, Bank Zero launched to the public in August 2021. The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approves the proposed transaction whereby Lesaka intends to acquire Bank Zero, without conditions. This, after fintech group Lesaka Technologies in June announced it will acquire 100% of the issued ordinary shares…
Problems at cloud infrastructure provider Cloudflare caused disruptions to online platforms across the world on Tuesday – and the problem was so bad it took down a website people use to report problems online. The issues began around 1.30pm SAST and appeared to be impacting websites across Africa, Europe and North America. Even Downdetector, a…
Cloudfare is a global internet infrastructure and security company. Cloudflare has suffered an outage that caused widespread disruption across the internet, affecting major global platforms, as well as sites and users in South Africa. Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security company that helps websites run faster, stay online and protected from cyber attacks….
