The author, Backspace Technologies COO Graeme Thomson The telecommunications industry is known for being slow and transactional, with larger players setting the terms in a cold, utility-driven relationship. However, as organisations of all sizes will attest, scaling requires moving beyond a vendor just “selling the plumbing”, so to speak. Growth and scale depend on organisations…
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes. (Image supplied) Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has bought nearly R20.8 million worth of shares in the company in two on-market transactions. A JSE disclosure shows Mendes acquired 52 187 ordinary shares at R23 each on 17 September, for a total of R1.2 million. Four days later, on 21 September,…
DCX and Liteon Announcing a Strategic Partnership LITEON Technology (2301.TW) today announced a strategic investment in DCX POLSKA Sp. z o.o. (“DCX Liquid Cooling Systems”), a Warsaw, Poland-based provider of advanced liquid cooling systems for AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) data centers. Upon closing of the transaction, LITEON will hold approximately 25% equity ownership in…
US pop star Lizzo has spoken out after the remaining claims in a lawsuit against her production company were thrown out by a US district judge. The singer’s former wardrobe assistant Asha Daniels alleged she had been subjected to “degradation, forced physical labor, denial of medical care, sexual harassment, and racial harassment” while briefly working…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=7SYogg8ILAD3tUG3&v=AxAgeglgSeA&feature=youtu.be Electronic Arts Inc. and Bit Reactor, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, announced today that Star Wars Zero Company™, a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars™, is now available for PC via the EA app, Steam, and Epic Games Store, and PlayStation®5 and XBOX Series consoles. In Star Wars…
Ibrahim Sagna, executive chairman of investment firm Silverbacks Holdings Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here. The book was recently shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa (BCA) African Business Book of the Year Awards 2026. In a recent interview with…
Becoming an AWS Well-Architected Partner is a series of steps to prove your competency in delivering Well-Architected Reviews to clients. But before you are approved to run the review, you reach a step where you are required to run one on your own business. We went into ours expecting a box-ticking exercise and came out…
What does it take to build a globally competitive business from one of the world’s most challenging startup environments? South Africa’s startup ecosystem is vibrant, but global recognition remains the exception rather than the rule. That is why the recent inclusion of Teach Me 2 in Time’s World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026 is about more…
Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said. Sharing the news on social media, Elite Expeditions said it confirmed with “profound sadness and immense heartbreak” that Purja, 43, had died in Thursday’s avalanche. Purja, who was born in Nepal and later…
Debby Lawson, founder and COO of Fastizers, speaking during launch of the company’s Nibit brand. One Saturday in 2010, Gbola Lawson was knocking on the doors of small brick-and-mortar stores in Lagos – Nigeria’s megacity of roughly seventeen million people – trying to persuade shopkeepers to place cookies on their shelves. Although he held a…
