The telco’s fintech arm has launched a new Rent-to-Own smartphone programme, offering 4G and 5G-enabled devices for as little as R10 a day. What…
Taking on a continent: Android’s African invasion
Mobile phone manufacturers, operators and of course Google started a big push on Android into Africa this year. Samsung, HTC and Huawei are moving…
The truth about BlackBerry’s encryption
I’ve been thinking of not writing this piece in order to let the criminal underworld continue to operate, wrapped tightly in the warm blanket…
How over-regulation has stifled the pace of mobile money adoption in Africa
In a continent where less than 20 percent of Africa’s population has a bank account and where latent demand for money services is so…
Competition is getting us all converged
Summer is almost here and in an unlikely turn of events, South African telecoms giant Telkom, decided spring day was the day it was…
