Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes Cell C’s wholesale division grew revenue 20% to R1.76-billion in the year to 31 May 2026, adding 1.2 million mobile virtual network operator subscribers. Data traffic from those MVNO users rose 131%, against 47% growth across the group as a whole. It was comfortably the strongest performance in the group….
Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Parliament’s oversight body on communications has extended the deadline for written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, giving the public another month to make their views known. In a statement, the portfolio committee says the new deadline for…
The machine writes the slides now Management consulting, as we have known it for half a century, is finished. The great slide-making, hype-selling, invoice-by-the-kilogram machine is being dismantled by the very technology its own practitioners are busy overhyping, and it could not happen to a more deserving industry. I have earned the right to be…
Africa Analysis expects South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda to account for 85% of the continent’s MVNO subscriber base by 2030. (Image source: iStock) South Africa is leading Africa’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market as banking, retail and digital businesses increasingly embed mobile connectivity into their existing customer ecosystems. This is according to the…
US President Donald Trump. Image: Reuters Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in pre-market trading on Thursday after US President Donald Trump urged congress to pass legislation establishing clear rules for the digital asset sector, following a White House meeting with industry executives. Trump, a vocal cryptocurrency advocate who has promised to make the US the…
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era. As Palo Alto Networks first strategic alliance of this kind…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT South Africa has not been asked to join Pax Silica, the American pact drawing the dividing line through the global AI supply chain, communications minister Solly Malatsi has indicated to TechCentral. Not one African country has signed it. The Pax Silica Declaration is the US state department’s flagship effort…
Rising applications and AI-powered recruitment tools reduce reliance on proactive CV searches. (Image source: iStock) South African recruiters are searching online CV databases significantly less than a year ago, despite signs of a modest recovery in hiring activity. This suggests the way employers source talent is changing as jobseekers increasingly apply directly for vacancies. This…
Comsol CEO Iain Stevenson Comsol has begun selling wholesale access to a national 5G network purpose-built for home broadband, backed by a multibillion-rand fundraising round and a shareholder overhaul that has seen Nedbank Private Equity exit the company after nine years. Its backed by heavy-hitters, including Richard Came, one of the early investors in the…
Across Africa, smartphone shipments fell 7%, while prices rose by $41 year-on-year to $202. South Africa’s smartphone market grew 17% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, bucking a broader downturn across Africa as rising device prices put pressure on consumers. According to research firm Omdia, smartphone shipments across Africa fell 7% year-on-year in the…
