Author: Gugu Lourie
Tuluntulu, which is an African mobile video on demand (VOD) service, is adding new streaming channels to retain and attract a new audience. Proudly South African Content The VOD service is bringing to its audience 265 MAX TV and has launched a 24/7 entertainment channel on the Tuluntulu app. 265 MAX TV showcases Proudly South African content with a mix of upcoming talent and mainstream entertainment that includes mainstream music, lifestyle, culture and expression which embraces South African fashion, music talk shows, gadget shows, extreme sports, interviews with famous people and local documentaries. The launch of 265 MAX TV is…
Telkom has one of South Africa’s biggest real-estate portfolio that started being acquired under the brutal, apartheid state machinery South Africa’s Telkom should just start a process to become a real estate landlord and float its property portfolio on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. This will create value not only for Telkom but its shareholders, workers, and potential property partners. I know in the past have propagated for Telkom to consider selling its property portfolio. For more read: Telkom’s Property Poser However, since Telkom executive – under the great leadership of its boss Sipho Maseko – has managed to reshape the…
In a move to join the connected world, tech giant Apple has joined the bandwagon of the Internet of Things (IoT). Apple has announced HomePod, a new Apple-designed home music speaker. The firm says HomePod is a breakthrough wireless speaker for the home that delivers amazing audio quality and uses spatial awareness to sense its location in a room and automatically adjust the audio. HomePod is positioned as a rival to Amazon Echo. The company said in a statement that HomePod packs powerful speaker technology, Siri intelligence and wireless access to the entire Apple Music library into a beautiful speaker…
South African tech giant Datatec has confirmed that they will be selling Westcon-Comstor for R10.5 billion ($830 million). The JSE and Nasdaq-listed tech company announced on Tuesday that it will sell Westcon-Comstor North America and Latam operations for up to $800 million to SYNNEX. SYNNEX will also acquire 10% of Westcon International for $30 million and have an option to acquire a further 10% within 12 months after completion of this deal. The company said the maximum consideration of $830 million equates to an equity valuation of the total Westcon-Comstor division of $1.1 billion. Jens Montanana, Datatec CEO, will be…
Tanzanian retail investors flock into Vodacom Initial Public Offering (IPO). The Vodacom IPO is on track to be the largest in the 19-year history of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). Vodacom Tanzania was launched in 2000 and is a subsidiary of South African-based Vodacom Group, which is a unit of British mobile phone giant, Vodafone. The IPO is due to list on the DSE during June 2017, pending final verification by the CMSA. Vodacom announced on Monday afternoon that more than 40 000 Tanzanians, many of them first-time participants in the capital market, have subscribed for shares in the…
South Africa’s Telkom on Monday posted a strong set financial results for the year to end March 2017, prompting the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele to gloat about the government decision not to sell its shareholding in the telco. On Monday, Telkom, South Africa’s biggest fixed-line telephone group, on Monday posted a 12.4% rise in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 731.4 cents per share for the year to end March 2017, bolstered by the growth of its mobile phone unit. HEPS is South Africa’s main profit gauge. “These strong results underscore the correctness of Government’s decision,…
BMW i – which provides Electric Vehicles (EV) and Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) – celebrates two years in South Africa. BMW i is a comprehensive and ground-breaking concept for sustainable mobility. It represents visionary electric vehicles and mobility services, inspiring design and a new understanding of premium that is strongly defined by sustainability. And it thrills with its innovative vehicles: the all-electric BMW i3, a locally emission-free vehicle for city driving that is sustainably designed throughout, and the BMW i8 concept as the future of the sports vehicle. Is the BMW brand selling BMW i8 and i3 like hotcakes or…
Telkom, South Africa’s biggest fixed-line telephone group, on Monday posted a 12.4% rise in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 731.4 cents per share for the year to end March 2017, bolstered by the growth of its mobile phone unit. HEPS is South Africa’s main profit gauge. Operating revenue was up 9.8%to R41.0 billion, boosted by the full consolidation of BCX in the year, along with the solid performance of Telkom’s mobile business. Telkom informed investors on Monday that its mobile business continued to be the star performer, and delivered service revenue growth of 38.4 percent and EBITDA of R660…
A South African innovator in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, IoT.nxt, is the country’s top IoT innovator that uses IoT apps and technology to solve business problems, according to MTN 2017 Internet of Things Awards. IoT technology is transforming the world of business, retail, heavy industry, and our personal lives. Research from Gartner has estimated that there will be over 6.4 billion connected things in use in 2016, increasing to around 20.8 billion by 2020. Business will need to adapt their practices on a mass scale to accommodate the deluge of connected solutions. Now in its second year, the MTN…
by Tom DeVroy, senior product evangelist for Enterprise Service Management at IFS, The field service industry has always been one of the earliest adopters of new technologies, from the original PDAs to IoT-enabled devices. Now, a new generation of technology is uniquely positioned to transform the field service industry, promising to reduce costs and dramatically improve the quality of service organisations can offer. There are three technology-led developments set to disrupt field service and discusses how flexible and modular resource planning infrastructure will help organisations reap substantial rewards. Effective field service is about proactively managing your workforce and inventory in…