South Africa

Upcoming petrol price hike sends South Africans into mild Twitter panic

From midnight on Wednesday 6 June 2018, the price of a litre of petrol will jump by 82 cents. This will push the total…

Cell C customers will soon roam on MTN’s network in smaller cities

A pretty big announcement in South Africa’s telecoms world this morning. MTN will soon let Cell C users roam on its network, to supplement…

Africa Check’s Promise Tracker reveals how little your government has done

Governments, like potential Bumble matches, will say anything to get you to swipe right on that election ballot paper. And often, those promises made…

#TwitterWasLitBefore remembers the good ol’ 140 character days

Don’t look now folks, but according to the gatekeepers of South African Twitter, the social network just isn’t lit anymore. I know. Shocking. As…

This is South Africa’s hottest music according to YouTube’s Music Charts

YouTube this week announced its new music charts portal, which allows users — and generally interested folk — to gauge which tracks, videos and…

Vodacom’s 4G network exceeds 80% population coverage in South Africa

Vodacom’s 4G services now cover more than 80% of the South African population, the mobile network today announced. It claims that it’s the first…

Drake and Jeremy Loops rule Spotify’s first month in South Africa

One month after Scandinavian streaming service Spotify launched in South Africa, we now have an idea of what locals love listening to. According to…

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…

Emerging markets, ecommerce give Naspers big revenue boost

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September. That represents…

Whip out your credit card! How online made Black Friday a global phenomenon

Today is Black Friday and you know what that means — you’ll be hunting shops galore for amazing specials with discounts of up to…

Tyme Capital: MTN and Pick ‘n Pay team up to launch mobile bank in South Africa

It seems the mobile money space in Africa just became a little bit more crowded. MTN has partnered with retail chain Pick ‘n Pay…

Google, 8ta introduce free mobile search, mail in SA with Free Zone

Google, in collaboration with mobile network operator 8ta, has announced “Free Zone” — a project that allows users with an 8ta sim card to…

Steve Hofmeyr’s Wikipedia page hacked

Controversial South African Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr had his personal Wikipedia page hacked on Monday. The page now describes him as a prominent member…

News anchor gets suspended for Linkin Park death tweet

Lance Witten, an anchor for the eNews Channel Africa (eNCA) has been suspended by the channel for a tweet in which he joked about…

Vodacom scuppers social play The Grid

Vodacom has announced kill off its social networking play The Grid by 1 December. The location-based social network, which in 2010 had around two…

Pedal power meets portable charging: introducing the PowerPac

An invention that stores human-generated energy generated during cycling for later use, for charging or providing power to household and personal electronic devices has…

Can you hack creativity in 48 hours? One agency thinks so

Creativity isn’t a specialised niche in the advertising industry any more. Everyone needs a little spark of it. With that in mind, digital agency…

Samsung, Standard Bank team up for exclusive tablet app play

Samsung, Standard Bank and Microsoft have teamed up to give the bank’s customers the first option on the electronic giant’s new Windows 8 Ativ…

eBay goes after SA company fighting to keep website open

Cue the David and Goliath similes. eBay is trying to get a South African property site called RentBay to close up shop, claiming its…

What Alan Knott-Craig’s departure means for brand Mxit: An insider’s view

Until three weeks ago Frans De Villiers worked at Mxit as a special marketing project manager. He explains what life under Alan Knott-Craig Junior…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel