F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
The Cricket World Cup: the biggest tweets, teams and moments on Twitter
The Cricket World Cup is finally over, and as the Proteas pick up the pieces of their memorable performance, Twitter is counting up the…
Johnny Clegg has died: South Africa mourns the man with the ‘Great Heart’
Johnny Clegg, one of South Africa’s most influential musicians of the late 1980s, has died. The news broke on Tuesday, however Clegg has been…
South Africans can’t find jobs, turn to memes on Twitter instead
Introducing the bleakest trending hashtag we’ve seen in South Africa for a good while. #ToGetAJobInSA began trending across the country’s Twitter timelines on Monday…
New Ryanair 737 MAX 200 plane drops the ‘MAX’ from its name, goes with 737-8200 instead
A picture posted to Twitter on Sunday of a new Boeing 737 MAX suggests that the American plane manufacturer may be open to renaming…
Vodacom, Mastercard launches VodaPay Masterpass digital payments app
South African telecoms giant Vodacom and global payments firm Mastercard on Thursday announced a new secure digital wallet and payments app called VodaPay Masterpass….
SA rugby legend James Small has died, Twitter pays its respects
Former South African rugby player, James Small, has died. Small, who was among the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning squad, reportedly suffered a heart attack,…
The world’s spending $30bn less on new devices in 2019, $38bn more on enterprise software
Although global IT spend for 2019 is set to increase ever so slightly, the world is even more reluctant to drop cash on devices,…
Here’s how South Africa’s mobile network speeds rank vs the world
South Africa may boast the fastest mobile network speeds in Africa but it pales in comparison to global leaders, Opensignal reported on Tuesday. Surveying…
FNB’s banking app can now track your savings goals and physical health
FNB on Tuesday announced an expansion of its banking app’s functionality with the introduction of two additional Nav features — the company’s “financial GPS”…
Huawei’s Hongmeng OS is ‘faster’ than Android and MacOS, built for versatility
Although US President Donald Trump has softened his view on China and Huawei, the latter is not giving up on developing its own operating…
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