| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2024 | Vodacom signs its first MVNO customer | Vodacom South Africa has built an enablement platform for mobile virtual network operators, signed up its first MVNO client and declared the platform “open for business”.
The client, Mr Price Mobile, is the first MVNO to be supported on Vod... |
| 17.09.2024 | Cell C's Fight for Survival: Navigating a Competitive Landscape | Cell C, once a promising contender in South Africa's telecommunications arena, finds itself grappling with fierce competition and market dynamics that threaten its very existence. The company's CEO, Jorge Mendes, has laid bare the challenge... |
| 17.09.2024 | The Telecommunications Tug-of-War: Growth and Misleading Claims in South Africa's Market | In the bustling world of telecommunications, two stories emerge from South Africa. One tells of growth and innovation, while the other warns of misleading promises. Together, they paint a vivid picture of a market in flux.
Rain, a wireless ... |
| 16.09.2024 | Cell C was ‘handicapped from the start’: Jorge Mendes | Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has said the mobile operator was “handicapped from the start” by the actions of rivals MTN and Vodacom, which both jacked up call termination rates prior to their new rival’s entry into the m... |
| 16.09.2024 | Why MVNOs are key to Cell C’s turnaround plan | Cell C Jorges Mendes unveiling the company’s new brand identity at a recent event in Johannesburg
Cell C was South Africa’s first mobile operator to host a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on its infrastructure. Today they have become... |
| 12.09.2024 | When ‘unlimited’ isn’t unlimited: MTN SuperFlex ad must be withdrawn | The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has censured MTN South Africa for a “misleading” claim that its SuperFlex plans offer unlimited voice calls.
The ruling follows a complaint by a SuperFlex user who claimed the product did not allow unl... |
| 06.09.2024 | Independent report finds no evidence of favoritism claims against MTN Group CEO | MTN CEO Ralph Mupita has been cleared of an allegation of giving preferential treatment to an unnamed female executive after an investigation by an independent law firm.
The misconduct allegations, filed by an anonymous complainant, made he... |
| 06.09.2024 | South Africa: Telkom's $355m Sale of Tower Business Approved By Competition Tribunal | TLDR
Telkom sells its masts and towers business Swiftnet to Towerco Bidco, led by Actis and Royal Bafokeng Holdings, for R6.75 billion.
Competition Tribunal of South Africa approves the sale, emphasizing public interest concerns addressed b... |
| 02.09.2024 | MTN takes MoMo fintech battle to South Africa’s streets | MTN MoMo acting CEO Kagiso Mothibi. Image: MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa is pivoting its Mobile Money (MoMo) customer acquisition strategy in an effort to accelerate adoption.
According to Kagiso Mothibi, acting CEO of MTN MoMo South Af... |
| 30.08.2024 | Blue Label's Ambitious Bid for Cell C: A New Era or a Risky Gamble? | In the fast-paced world of telecommunications, the stakes are high. Blue Label Telecoms is poised to take a significant step forward by seeking control of Cell C, a mobile operator that has faced its share of challenges. This move is not ju... |
| 30.08.2024 | Rain standalone mobile product launched at R165/month | Rain, the telecommunications operator specialising in fixed-wireless access products, now has a standalone offering aimed at mobile devices.
The new product, named Rain Mobile, offers a 4G Sim with 2GB of data, 60 minutes and 100 SMSes for ... |
| 29.08.2024 | Cell C network quality shows dramatic improvement | The latest Mobile Network Experience report from Opensignal shows that Vodacom has the most consistent quality among South Africa’s mobile operators, while MTN leads in 5G. But it’s smaller market player Cell C that has shown the biggest im... |
| 21.08.2024 | Blue Label core earnings to take a knock | A statue of Nelson Mandela at Blue Label’s head office in Sandton, Johannesburg
Blue Label Telecoms, the largest shareholder in mobile operator Cell C, said on Wednesday that its full-year core headline earnings per share will take a knock ... |
| 19.08.2024 | Fintech, business sales boost MTN South Africa | MTN South Africa has delivered a reasonably good set of results for the six months to 30 June 2024, despite the moribund economy in which it is operating.
Service revenue for the first half of the year climbed by 3.3%, supported by strong p... |
| 19.08.2024 | MTN’s fintech business is flying | MTN Group’s fintech pivot is paying off for the Johannesburg-listed telecommunications giant.
Although its core business is showing underlying resilience, its latest results – for the six months to end-June 2024 – were splashed in red ink d... |
| 15.08.2024 | Cell C in major brand refresh | The new Cell C logo unveiled on stage at an event in Johannesburg on Thursday
Cell C on Thursday refreshed its brand at a major launch event in Johannesburg aimed at signalling that the mobile operator remains a force to be reckoned with in... |
| 08.08.2024 | Blocking Maziv fibre deal would ‘harm telecoms sector’ | Africa Analysis MD Dobek Pater
There are growing concerns that should the Competition Tribunal uphold a recommendation by the Competition Commission that Vodacom’s multibillion-rand deal to buy fibre operator Maziv be blocked, it would have... |
| 05.08.2024 | MTN loses application in R10-million Limpopo cellphones probe | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa has lost a special tribunal “exception application” related to the alleged irregular supply of mobile devices for Covid-19 screening to the Limpopo department of health.
This comes after the Special Investigating... |
| 18.07.2024 | Why Telkom still hasn’t launched 5G on phones | It has been nearly two years since Telkom – South Africa’s third-largest mobile network operator by active Sims, with 20.4 million customers – launched a fixed-wireless 5G product.
5G-on-phone support has, however, been slow in coming, maki... |
| 18.07.2024 | No load shedding – but ‘load reduction’ still hurting telcos | Nomvuyiso Batyi
Telecommunications industry lobby group the Association for Comms & Technology (ACT) – which represents South Africa’s big telecommunications operators – has warned that the suspension of load shedding at national level ... |
| 17.07.2024 | Plenty of room for Telkom in mobile infrastructure | Telkom’s Lunga Siyo
Telkom Mobile, the network operator launched as 8ta back in 2010, has no plans to follow rival Cell C and stop investing in last-mile mobile network infrastructure.
That’s the word from Lunga Siyo, CEO of Telkom’s consum... |
| 04.07.2024 | Controversial spectrum deal: Icasa questions Vodacom’s legal tactics | Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi
Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi has hit back at Vodacom after the mobile operator accused the communications regulator of unlawfully approving spectrum “pooling” agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intellig... |
| 03.07.2024 | Telkom blasts Icasa in ‘spectrum pooling’ case | Telkom has criticised communications regulator Icasa over its alleged failure to engage stakeholders – including other mobile network operators – before approving spectrum pooling agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Techno... |
| 27.06.2024 | We are not law breakers: MTN hits back at Vodacom lawsuit | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa said on Thursday that it will fight Vodacom’s lawsuit that alleged spectrum pooling arrangements with Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies were unlawful.
TechCentral reported last month that Vodacom had sou... |
| 13.06.2024 | Telkom warns Icasa call rate cuts will punish smaller players | Telkom’s Lunga Siyo
Telkom has told Icasa that the process the communications regulator followed in setting the latest proposed changes to call termination rates, although long and detailed, reached the wrong conclusions.
Termination rates ... |
| 12.06.2024 | Win for MTN as Standard Bank makes MVNO shift | Kartik Mistry
Standard Bank’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) has partnered with MTN South Africa for network services.
Standard Bank Mobile, which is one of South Africa’s longer-running MVNOs, said in a statement on Wednesday that ... |
| 12.06.2024 | Operators seek regulatory relief over load shedding | Telecommunications lobby group the Association for Comms and Technology (ACT) has urged communications regulator Icasa to practice “regulatory forbearance” to ease the pressure that load shedding has placed on the sector.
Speaking at public... |
| 31.05.2024 | Icasa to hold public hearings on call rates | Communications regulator Icasa will hold public hearings into contentious proposed changes to wholesale call termination rates in South Africa on 13 June 2024.
In March, the regulator proposed slashing mobile call termination rates – or the... |
| 30.05.2024 | Minister sets new dates for 2G, 3G shutdown in South Africa | Communications minister Mondli Gungubele
Government has set a new date for 2G and 3G mobile networks in South Africa to be shut down in South Africa.
According to a new policy document published on the eve of the general election, governmen... |
| 27.05.2024 | Santam snaps up online marketplace Kandua | Short-term insurance specialist Santam has acquired Kandua, a technology company that provides an online marketplace for home services.
Kandua will be merged with Santam’s existing home service offering, Home+, forming a wholly owned, indep... |
| 24.05.2024 | Vodacom drags Icasa to court over ‘secret’ spectrum deals | Vodacom has filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict to stop rival MTN from using “spectrum pooling” arrangements that it claims were approved unlawfully by communications regulator Icasa in June 2022.
... |
| 20.05.2024 | MTN’s Bradwin Roper joins Jumo in senior role | Bradwin Roper
Bradwin Roper will join emerging-markets fintech Jumo as head of payment partnerships from 1 November, once he has completed his tenure as CEO of fintech at MTN South Africa.
MTN announced last week that Roper had resigned to ... |
| 19.05.2024 | High-stakes hearings to begin into Vodacom, Vumatel deal | This Monday sees the start of two months of Competition Tribunal hearings into Vodacom Group’s planned acquisition of a 30-40% stake in Maziv, the parent company of fibre operators Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa.
The Competition Commission l... |
| 17.05.2024 | Capex per customer: how much MTN and Vodacom spend on you | Telecommunications operators deploy a significant portion of their annual revenue into capital expenditure to upgrade and expand their networks. But how much do South Africa’s two biggest mobile operators spend on their networks for each of... |
| 15.05.2024 | Vodacom vs MTN vs Telkom in capex spend over 15 years | South Africa’s telecommunications operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks. But how much does each invest, and how has that changed over time?
Competition for customers means operators must consistently spe... |
| 14.05.2024 | Currency woes knock MTN first quarter results | MTN Group, Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator, reported an 18.8% decline in its first-quarter service revenue, weighed down by the performance of MTN Nigeria.
South Africa-headquartered MTN, with 288 million subscribers in 18 mark... |
| 14.05.2024 | Bradwin Roper resigns as MTN fintech head | Bradwin Roper
Bradwin Roper, CEO of fintech at MTN South Africa, is leaving to “explore a new opportunity”. He’d only been in the role since last May.
“Since joining MTN SA in May 2023, Roper has played a key role in the growth of MTN’s fin... |
| 14.05.2024 | MTN hints at looming data price hikes in South Africa | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa has reported a surge in average data consumption by its subscribers, with the average mobile contract user now consuming 12.9GB/month and the average prepaid user 3.3GB/month.
However, the company has said it pla... |
| 13.05.2024 | Cutting wholesale call rates a waste of time: Vodacom | Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said on Monday that planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on the retail prices paid by consumers.
Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Monday, Joosub urged sector regu... |
| 13.05.2024 | Vodacom SA network spend tops R11-billion for second year running | Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub
Vodacom has pumped a record amount of capital into its network in South Africa for the second year running as it seeks to catch up with rival MTN South Africa’s heavy spending in recent years.
The company’s ... |
| 04.05.2024 | BuuPass, a Kenyan mobility startup, has acquired QuickBus to expand its operations in Nigeria and South Africa | BuuPass, a Kenyan mobility startup, has bought QuickBus in an effort to expand in Nigeria and South Africa.
BuuPass is a B2B2C travel marketplace that was founded in 2016 and allows users to search, compare, and book tickets by USSD, mobile... |
| 30.04.2024 | TCS | MTN’s Bradwin Roper on PayShap – and the future of mobile money | Bradwin Roper
MTN South Africa last week announced that PayShap, South Africa’s rapid payments platform, is being integrated into its Mobile Money (MoMo) platform.
Bradwin Roper, chief financial services officer at MTN South Africa, is the ... |
| 24.04.2024 | PayShap to launch on MTN MoMo | Bradwin Roper
Instant payments platform PayShap is coming to MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) platform through a partnership with Investec and Electrum.
The move will make MTN MoMo the first non-banking player to offer PayShap. It also addresses a... |
| 22.04.2024 | Telkom towers sale heads to shareholder vote | Telkom shareholders will soon vote on a plan to sell the group’s towers and masts to a consortium led by private equity firm Actis.
TechCentral reported last month that Telkom had reached an agreement with the consortium — made up of Actis ... |
| 16.04.2024 | Why satellites are going mainstream in South Africa | Avanti’s Kyle Whitehill
Satellite-based connectivity solutions are gaining mainstream adoption and becoming more important to the telecommunications infrastructure mix in South Africa.
In the 2022 edition of its Financial Stability Review, ... |
| 16.04.2024 | Icasa too aggressive in cutting fixed termination rates: Ispa | The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has raised concerns about what it has described as the “aggressive” proposed cut in fixed-line call termination rates.
These wholesale rates, charged by operators for calls carried between ... |
| 10.04.2024 | MTN and Vodacom are SA’s most valuable brands | MTN, Vodacom and Standard Bank are the most valuable brands in South Africa, according to new research from Brand Finance, a brand valuation consultancy.
MTN retained its top position from last year despite seeing an 8% decline in its brand... |
| 02.04.2024 | MVNO boom in South Africa | South Africa’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market has shown significant growth in the past three years, with many new entrants establishing meaningful operations in the rapidly growing telecommunications subsector.
In particular,... |
| 28.03.2024 | Telkom to ram through huge price hikes | Telkom is hiking prices across many of its retail and small business products, including fibre and DSL internet services and certain out-of-bundle mobile rates.
The price hikes will take effect on Monday, with some products being hiked by a... |
| 27.03.2024 | Cell C network quality shows big improvement | Cell C has shown a big improvement in metrics used by monitor network experience by customers, according to a new report by OpenSignal.
This follows Cell C’s migration to partner networks operated by bigger rivals MTN and Vodacom and the sw... |
| 26.03.2024 | Fixed-line calls are being unfairly penalised: Telkom | Telkom has expressed dismay at communications regulator Icasa’s draft decision to cut fixed call termination rates – the amount one network charges another to carry calls between them – more “drastically” than it has mobile termination rate... |
| 25.03.2024 | MTN SA capex tops R10-billion amid load shedding fight | MTN South Africa invested R10.1-billion in its network in 2023 as it fought the impact of severe load shedding.
As a result, it said it has managed to offset the risk of customers leaving for rival networks, while delivering what MTN Group ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Telkom to sell towers to Actis, Royal Bafokeng | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom has reached an agreement with a consortium made up of Actis and Royal Bafokeng Holdings to sell Swiftnet, and towers and masts business, in a debt and equity deal that gives Swiftnet an enterprise va... |
| 22.03.2024 | Icasa moves to slash wholesale call rates – again | Communications regulator Icasa has proposed slashing mobile call termination rates – the fees operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks – by more than half by next year.
The regulator said in a notice published in th... |
| 20.03.2024 | Why South Africa may be stuck with 2G for longer | User reliance on legacy 2G and 3G networks is constraining the ability of network operators to migrate to newer technologies.
The December 2027 deadline, set by the department of communications & digital technologies, for operators to s... |
| 19.03.2024 | Remgro CEO slams regulators over deal delays | Remgro CEO Jannie Durand. Image: Remgro
Remgro CEO Jannie Durand has criticised South African regulators for the time it takes to get deals concluded, saying this is undermining investor confidence.
Although Durand didn’t name any regulator... |
| 06.03.2024 | Bimeister на карте. Сафари по удаленной работе: работа и жизнь в Южной Африке | Представьте, что вы просыпаетесь под звуки рычания львов вдалеке, зная, что ваш дневной офис — это уютный домик, расположенный в самом сердце африканского буша. Возможно, так вы представляете себе удаленную работу в Южной Африке, стране, из... |
| 15.09.2023 | MTN SuperFlex: DIY mobile plans launched in market shake-up | MTN South Africa has launched SuperFlex, a new mobile tariff plan that allows customers to choose how much data they want, coupled with unlimited minutes and SMS and a six-month subscription to the mobile version of Disney+.
The new plans s... |
| 13.07.2023 | Inside MTN South Africa’s plan to win at mobile money | Bradwin Roper
Bradwin Roper, newly appointed CEO of MTN’s financial services unit in South Africa, has big plans for the company’s fintech offering, called Mobile Money (MoMo).
This includes exposing an application programming interface, or... |
| 30.06.2023 | MTN to offer zero-rated Facebook in deal with Meta | Meta Platforms has struck a deal with MTN South Africa that will see subscribers to the mobile network get zero-rated access to the popular Facebook social media network.
The offering is aimed at “data-sensitive customers”, offering them up... |
| 08.06.2023 | MTN to deploy wind, solar projects as load shedding bites | MTN South Africa is actively investigating off-grid renewable energy alternatives to Eskom as it continues to battle the severe impact of Eskom power cuts on its network.
Dubbed as the “first in a series” of wind and solar projects, the lau... |
| 22.05.2023 | MTN on the hunt for alternatives to Eskom | MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi
MTN South Africa has issued requests for information (RFIs) for the supply of renewable onsite and offsite renewable energy solutions to power its data centres and base stations.
At the same time, the m... |
| 15.05.2023 | Fuel price latest: Petrol, diesel holding on as rand takes a battering | It’s too early to predict what lies ahead for petrol and diesel prices in June, but the latest data remains good for SA motorists, BUT … Image: Pixabay
Even at mid-May, it’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and pri... |
| 12.05.2023 | Fuel price latest: Petrol, diesel fighting against weakening rand | It’s too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data remains good for SA motorists, BUT … Photo: Pixabay.com
It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, bu... |
| 11.05.2023 | Fuel price: Early petrol, diesel data remains GOOD, but the rand is bleeding | It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data remains GOOD for SA motorists. Photos: Stock/ Canva
It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, ... |
| 10.05.2023 | Fuel price latest: Early data remains GREAT for petrol, diesel in June | It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data remains GREAT for motorists in SA. Photo: Pixabay.com
It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June... |
| 09.05.2023 | Fuel price: Data looks EXCELLENT for petrol, diesel in June 2023 | It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data looks EXCELLENT for motorists in SA. Photo: Pixabay
It’s still too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, ... |
| 08.05.2023 | Fuel price: EARLY data looks GREAT for petrol, diesel in June 2023 | It’s too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in June, but the latest data looks GREAT for South African motorists. Photos: Stock/Canva
It’s still far too early to predict what lies ahead for both petrol and prices in... |
| 05.05.2023 | Fuel price: EARLY data looks EXCELLENT for petrol and diesel in June 2023 | It’s still far too early to predict what lies ahead for petrol and diesel prices in June, but the early data looks GOOD for motorists. Photo: Canva
It’s still far too early to predict what lies ahead for diesel and petrol prices in June, bu... |
| 04.05.2023 | Fuel price: EARLY data looks GREAT for petrol and diesel in June 2023 | It’s still far too early to predict what lies ahead for petrol and diesel prices in June, but the early data looks GOOD for motorists. Photo: Canva
It’s still far too early to predict what lies ahead for diesel and petrol prices in June, bu... |
| 03.05.2023 | REMINDER: How much you will pay for petrol and diesel TODAY | There was good and bad news for South African motorists when the official fuel price adjustments for May 2023 were confirmed. Photo: Canva
There was good and bad news for South African motorists on Tuesday when the Department of Mineral Res... |
| 06.04.2023 | SASSA social grants: Here’s who can collect TODAY – Thursday, 6 April 2023 | The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for April 2023 – and they continue TODAY! Image: Twitter/@OfficialSASSA.
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for Apr... |
| 05.04.2023 | SASSA social grants: Here’s who can collect TODAY – Wednesday, 5 April 2023 | The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for April 2023 – and they continue TODAY! Image: Twitter/@OfficialSASSA.
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for Apr... |
| 05.04.2023 | REMINDER: How much you’ll pay for petrol and diesel from TODAY | There was good news for diesel motorists in particular with confirmation of a significant drop in prices from today, Wednesday, 5 April.
There was good news for diesel motorists in particular with confirmation of a significant drop in price... |
| 04.04.2023 | REMINDER | SASSA social grants: First payment date for April is TODAY | The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for April 2023 – and they start TODAY! Image: Mary-Anne Gontsana
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the payment dates for April 2023 ... |
| 04.04.2023 | Petrol, diesel April price changes: Life is cheaper at the coast! | There was good news for diesel car owners in particular with confirmation of a drop in prices from midnight on Tuesday, 4 April. Image: Pixabay
There was good news for diesel car owners in particular with confirmation of a drop in prices fr... |
| 04.04.2023 | BREAKING | Diesel price drop confirmed: Here’s what petrol will cost | There was good news for diesel car owners on Tuesday with confirmation of a drop in prices from midnight on Tuesday, 4 April. Photos: Stock/ Canva
There was good news for diesel car owners on Tuesday with confirmation of a drop in prices fr... |
| 04.04.2023 | How much petrol and diesel will now cost inland and at the coast from MIDNIGHT | There was good news for diesel motorists in particular with confirmation of a significant drop in prices from midnight on Tuesday, 4 April. Photo: Canva
There was good news for diesel motorists in particular with confirmation of a significa... |
| 03.04.2023 | Riana Pretorius breaks silence over Gqeberha kidnapping ordeal | Riana Pretorius, the biokineticist from Nelson Mandela Bay who was kidnapped outside her workplace, has broken her silence on social media. Photos: Facebook
Riana Pretorius, the biokineticist from Nelson Mandela Bay who was kidnapped outsid... |
| 30.03.2023 | MTN budgets R1.5-billion to fight vandals, power cuts | A vandalised site in Mofolo South, Soweto
MTN South Africa will spend at least R1.5-billion this year – and possibly much more – as it moves to secure its network against severe load shedding and criminal vandalism at its base stations.
In ... |
| 15.03.2023 | Santam to buy MTN’s R400-million device insurance book | Short-term insurer Santam has announced it’s acquiring MTN South Africa’s mobile device insurance book, which has about 400 000 policies and a gross written premium value of nearly R400-million.
The deal was approved on Monday by the Compet... |
| 22.02.2023 | MTN hikes prices, blaming power cuts and crime | MTN South Africa is increasing its consumer post-paid subscription fees by an average of 5.1%, blaming a “challenging market environment” for the need to push through the price hikes.
The new prices will come into effect on 1 April.
“The im... |
| 01.02.2023 | The power crisis is widening South Africa’s digital divide | The ongoing power crisis is starting to threaten one of the fundamental drivers of South Africa’s digital economy: Internet access.
That’s because one of the biggest unforeseen consequences of Eskom’s persistent load shedding is the increas... |
| 15.10.2022 | Eskom implements Stage 2 load shedding from Saturday afternoon | Eskom will continue to cut 5 000 megawatts of capacity from the national grid until at least 05:00 on Saturday, September 24. Photo: Pixabay
More than 24 hours after announcing the suspension of load shedding, Eskom says several generating ... |
| 02.10.2022 | Ramaphosa throws weight behind new Eskom board | President Ramaphosa revealed that teams have been set up to deal with illegal mining and zama zamas. Photo: GCIS / Flickr
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his support for the newly-appointed Eskom board, which has been tasked with ad... |
| 17.08.2022 | SASSA beneficiary used child grant to start a farm | Welile Gumede sheds tears as she is handed half a million rand to restart her business. PHOTO: Department of Social Development
A South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiary turned her daughter’s child support grant to start a ... |
| 05.07.2022 | MTN Foundation earmarks R1m for women in ICT | Angie Maloka, senior manager: community programmes at MTN SA Foundation.
The MTN SA Foundation has committed R1 million to enable innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation for women in the digital economy.
The 2022 Women in Digital Busi... |
| 23.06.2022 | MTN Pulse empowers youth their way with #OnThePulse campaign | This Youth Month, MTN Pulse is giving under 25s a chance to win internships, mentorships or other skills development opportunities worth R1 million with some of the biggest names in SA fashion, food, content creation, music and sport.
SA yo... |
| 05.05.2022 | Top-earning SA CEOs revealed: See their MASSIVE paychecks here | Absa CEO Daniel Mminele made millions of rands
photo source: Flickr
It has been a pretty good year for some South African CEOs so far. Depending on who you ask, heading a major corporation may not be the easiest gig in the world, but the ri... |
| 30.11.2021 | MTN chops data roaming charges – but be careful | MTN South Africa has taken a knife to international data roaming charges, cutting the price from R2.50/MB to 99c/MB effective immediately — that’s a 60.4% reduction. There are some caveats, though.
The price cut, which is effective immediat... |
| 30.11.2021 | MTN chops data roaming charges – but be careful | - |
| 16.07.2021 | At MTN, we have an unshakeable faith in South Africa: MTN SA CEO | Following the violence in South Africa, MTN SA’s Chief Executive Officer, Godfrey Motsa has written a piece on the resilience of MTN in the face of such brutality. The same is reported below:
In the face of overwhelming adversity and strife... |
| 01.07.2021 | Cape edutech FunDza secures R25 000 in MTN Donors Den | Muizenberg-based non-profit edutech FunDza Literacy Trust (FunDza) secured R25 000 after a successful pitch at the MTN Donors Den session.
Zilungile Zimela, head of marketing and PR for FunDza won the Dragon’s Den-based pitching competition... |
| 01.07.2021 | Cape edutech FunDza secures R25 000 in MTN Donors Den | Muizenberg-based non-profit edutech FunDza Literacy Trust (FunDza) secured R25 000 after a successful pitch at the MTN Donors Den session.
Zilungile Zimela, head of marketing and PR for FunDza won the Dragon’s Den-based pitching competitio... |
| 31.05.2021 | MTN Launches Electronic Bank Transfers Through WhatsApp | MTN Chat uses WhatsApp to make payments for airtime, driven by Clickatell and Ozow.MTN |
| 19.05.2021 | MTN SA partners with IFC to expand MoMo network | MTN SA has entered into a $2-million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand the company’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business.
The company announced the partnership on 19 May.
The partnership aims to target unbanked... |
| 19.05.2021 | MTN SA partners with IFC to expand MoMo network | MTN SA has entered into a $2-million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand the company’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business.
The company announced the partnership on 19 May.
The partnership aims to target unbank... |
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