South Africa

#Coldfront trends on Twitter as South Africa freezes

After turning Cape Town into a temporary lake, and the rest of the Western and Eastern Cape into a winter wonderland, the July cold…

MTN launches ‘Made For Home’ residential fixed LTE offering

MTN is today unveiled its new home internet solution dubbed “Made For Home”. Taking a bite out of fixed line internet solutions, the telecom’s…

How to find jobs on Twitter in South Africa

Few things are more labourious and tense in life than looking for a job. For those without, it’s even more stressful. But fret not,…

Hi again loadshedding: Eskom’s really unfunny meme is back in South Africa

Four years ago, the World Cup was disrupted by loadshedding as Eskom struggled to maintain juice in its electricity grid. Last night, as the…

South Africa sees 12.4% growth in smartphones sales in Q1 2018

South Africans might be pinching their pockets in other sectors of their financial lives (not to mention the upcoming petrol price hike), but they’re…

‘Bang With Nobody’ rips off Bang With Friends, gets international attention

This is hilarious. If you spend as much time hanging out online as we do, you’ve probably heard of Bang With Friends, the Facebook…

Top Gear gives its SA fans something to cheer about with hashtag rewards

A couple of episodes of Top Gear season 19 have already aired in the UK. But when the season’s first episode airs in South…

Did BlackBerry miss a trick with the launch of BB10?

BlackBerry might just have missed a trick with the recent launch of BlackBerry 10. No not with the devices — those were largely well-received…

Landmark ruling means South Africans can now sue each other over Facebook posts

A ruling by a South African judge means people in that country can sue for defamation over posts about them on Facebook. The man…

Mango claims SA first with flight-booking app, plans to launch more soon

Traveling in South Africa may have become a little bit easier following the launch of Mango’s mobile booking application. The budget airline’s app allows…

Purported Anonymous video appeals to world to speak out against SA [Update]

A person purporting to be a part of online hacker collective Anonymous has posted a message and video appealing to the wider hacktivist community…

10 South Africans worth following on Twitter

So you may have just joined this thing called Twitter, or you’ve become completely bored with your friends talking about their pets and kids….

SA school kids lobby for free Wikipedia

A group of South African learners are lobbying operators in that country to provide them with free access to Wikipedia. The open source encyclopedia…

Archbishop Tutu petitions online for Nobel Peace Prize winner’s freedom

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is campaigning for the release of fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is currently under arrest by the…

SA broadband doubles in two years as mobile data costs plummet

In any emerging market country, getting people online is vital. Studies by the likes of Ericsson have concluded that for every 10 percentage point…

SA hackers claim world first with tweeting hamster

This is kind of cute. It’s a hamster. That tweets. Sort of. Unfortunately, no one’s managed to teach a hamster to type out tweets…

100 SA sites hacked by ‘Moroccan Ghosts’

Some 100 South African websites have been hacked, allegedly in retaliation to the country’s support for the Algerian-funded Polisario Front. The organisation is a…

Connected tech communities and competitive advantage: the Kenyan way

In the last couple weeks I’ve had the opportunity to be in Nigeria (Maker Faire Africa), followed by South Africa (AfricaCom). Along with Kenya,…

Using mobile, SA masses hit the internet — typical of emerging markets

If you a new internet user, you are likely to be young, black, and earn under R1 500 (US$170) a month. Overall 66% of…

MTN Expands Black Friday Into Black FriYAY With Bigger Deals and Added Value Across SA

PlayStation 2 Still the King: 25 Years Later It Remains the Best-Selling Console of All Time

Vox Kiwi Wireless Promises Fibre-Like Speeds Without the Wait

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

South Africa’s Black Friday Spend Is Set to Break Records Again and Ecentric’s Dashboard Shows It in Real Time

Sony’s ULT POWER SOUND Range Lands in South Africa With a Bass-Heavy Lineup Built for Local Music Lovers

Monster Brings the Heat to rAge 2025 with Free Cans, Hot Laps and Call of Duty Finals

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel