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…
Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s ‘minister of cooking’, is live-tweeting a beef stew tutorial
He may spend all day balancing books, but Tito Mboweni seemingly also knows how to balance those flavours. The minister of finance, unofficial minister…
Just 10.4% of South African households have direct access to the internet
Just 64.7% of South African households have at least one member that can internet from any device, anywhere, according to Statistics South Africa. The…
David Mabuza cat memes flood Twitter ahead of his swearing in as MP
South Africa’s former deputy president David “The Cat” Mabuza will be sworn in as an MP later today, this after he postponed taking his…
Spotify adds a sleep timer for some users on Android [Update: it’s coming to SA too]
Well, well, well. If you ever wanted to use your Discover Weekly as a sleep-time playlist but didn’t want your phone playing music all…
Noodles repair everything in the internet’s latest, weirdest DIY meme
People on the internet are oh so weird, but we can’t knock their resourcefulness. A slew of videos inundating the likes of Reddit are…
Telkom lost more than 100 000 fixed broadband users in 2018
Surprise surprise. People who previously had fixed line internet solutions are slowly heading to fibre and LTE options, according to Telkom’s latest internet subscriber…
Telkom nearly doubled its active mobile users in 2018
Telkom has had quite the stellar 2018. The South African telecoms firm on Monday announced its earnings for the fiscal year, underlined by green…
Netflix scoops award-winning African love story, animation from Cannes
Netflix has raided the Cannes Film Festival talent, grabbing two winners from the prestigious movie extravaganza, the firm announced on Sunday. First up, the…
Legendary chat service BBM will be killed off this week
Remember BBM? The messaging platform that all the cool kids in the early 2000s used instead of Mxit? Well, it’s coming to an end…
Go to bed, South Africa: President Ramaphosa to announce his cabinet ‘later this week’
Were you preparing for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce his cabinet in the early hours of the morning… you know, like our former President?…
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