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How HostAfrica helps businesses expand into Africa with in-country hosting and servers

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Seacom appoints Digital Infrastructure East Africa and Middle East managing director

Seacom appoints Digital Infrastructure East Africa and Middle East managing directorStone

Vodacom to invest R100m in 106 new rural base stations across KZN

Vodacom to invest R100m in 106 new rural base stations across KZN

How HostAfrica helps businesses expand into Africa with in-country hosting and servers

How HostAfrica helps businesses expand into Africa with in-country hosting and servers

13 Jun 2025

Seacom appoints Digital Infrastructure East Africa and Middle East managing director

Seacom appoints Digital Infrastructure East Africa and Middle East managing director

13 Jun 2025

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Source: © 123rf Icasa's second ICT Sector Stakeholder Engagement Session will take place from 20 to 21 February 2025

Icasa's second ICT Sector Stakeholder Engagement Session takes place this week

18 Feb 2025

Optiva is taking Gemini-powered agentic AI-powered BSS to MWC

Optiva is taking Gemini-powered agentic AI-powered BSS to MWC

18 Feb 2025

Matimba Mbungela, Group Chief Officer for Human Resources at Vodacom Group

#TopEmployers2025: Matimba Mbungela, chief HR officer - from the Cape to Cairo, what sets Vodacom apart from the rest

Shan Radcliffe 17 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Icasa concluded its three-day public hearings on the proposed new Satellite Services Framework on Friday

Icasa navigates satellite services framework without SpaceX's input

10 Feb 2025

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Icasa boosts community radio with spare spectrum, applications now open

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jan 2025

RedCap will finally fulfil 5G prophecy

RedCap will finally fulfil 5G prophecy

Lindsey Schutters 14 Jan 2025

United Airlines to offer free Starlink WiFi on all flights

United Airlines to offer free Starlink WiFi on all flights

6 Jan 2025

Samsung’s AI-powered innovations honoured by consumer technology association

Samsung’s AI-powered innovations honoured by consumer technology association

Samsung 19 Dec 2024

MTN shuffles management deck

MTN shuffles management deck

19 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Platinum North West TV NPC has been awarded Community Television Broadcasting Service and Radio Frequency Spectrum licences by Icasa

Platinum North West TV NPC awarded CTBS and RFS licences

17 Dec 2024

Telkom secures Icasa approval for R6.75bn Swiftnet sale

Telkom secures Icasa approval for R6.75bn Swiftnet sale

Lindsey Schutters 17 Dec 2024

SpaceX extends lead with first direct to cell Starlink constellation complete

SpaceX extends lead with first direct to cell Starlink constellation complete

Lindsey Schutters 5 Dec 2024

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Octotel 3 Dec 2024

Q-KON and Eutelsat will expand LEO satellite connectivity in Africa

Q-KON and Eutelsat will expand LEO satellite connectivity in Africa

3 Dec 2024

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Source: Reuters/Nacho Doce

Musk's Starlink ordered to cease operations in Namibia

Nqobile Dludla 28 Nov 2024

The MTN Icon 5G looks to be a redadged ZTE Blade A75 5G

MTN brings 5G to the people with R2,500 ZTE device [updated]

Lindsey Schutters 28 Nov 2024

Vodacom and Remgro lodge appeal to overturn Maziv decision

Vodacom and Remgro lodge appeal to overturn Maziv decision

Nqobile Dludla 27 Nov 2024

Orange calls on Meta and OpenAI for African language models

Gianluca Lo Nostro and Mathias de Rozario 27 Nov 2024

South Africa wants to launch a communications satellite

South Africa looks to space for economic growth

Lindsey Schutters 24 Nov 2024

MTN joins the race to space internet

Nqobile Dludla 20 Nov 2024

Vodacom partners with tech giants to help bridge Africa's digital skills gap

Vodacom partners with tech giants to help bridge Africa's digital skills gap

20 Nov 2024

Why reliable connectivity is the backbone of festive retail success

Why reliable connectivity is the backbone of festive retail success

Tobie van Schalkwyk 15 Nov 2024

Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

How our leaders are solving Africa's smartphone struggle #AfricaTechFestival

Lindsey Schutters 14 Nov 2024

Everything minister Malatsi said at #AfricaTechFestival

Everything minister Malatsi said at #AfricaTechFestival

Lindsey Schutters 13 Nov 2024

Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

Africa's affordable smartphone dilemma is the biggest facing the medium since Kelly tried to text Nelly on an Excel sheet. Source: Youtube/Vevo

Africa faces revenue dilemma in push for affordable smartphones #AfricaTechFestival2024

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

SA’s MellowVans brings mobile EV stores to African telcos

SA’s MellowVans brings mobile EV stores to African telcos

6 Nov 2024

Minister Malatsi continues his crusade to streamline communications by taking on the emergency number situation.

Government moves to make 112 SA's single emergency number

Lindsey Schutters 5 Nov 2024

Melon Mobile founder and CEO Calvin Collett spoke candidly about the MVNO's ambitions.

Melon Mobile reintroduces itself as a network disruptor

Lindsey Schutters 1 Nov 2024

Parliament questions State Digital Infrastructure Company

Parliament questions State Digital Infrastructure Company

Lindsey Schutters 31 Oct 2024

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