Author: Gugu Lourie
JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties has unveiled a carefully planned leadership transition, reinforcing its commitment to long-term stability and growth. Estienne de Klerk, currently CEO of Growthpoint South Africa, will assume the role of Group Chief Executive Officer effective 1 July 2026, while José Snyders will take over as Group Chief Financial Officer from 1 January 2026. A Seamless Leadership Handover for Sustained Success Growthpoint’s proactive succession strategy ensures continuity, with experienced leaders ready to drive the company’s vision forward. The transition follows the planned retirement of current Group CEO Norbert Sasse, announced in 2022. De Klerk’s promotion is the result of a rigorous, multi-year succession process led by the…
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Vodacom has also signed wholesale agreements with another two third-party network infrastructure providers – SADV and Metrofibre Networx.
If the site is increasingly where people are getting their news, what could the company do without taking up the mantle of being a final arbiter of truth?
Established businesses will now, for the first time, also be able to access institutional funds, which have previously been reserved for corporates via the corporate bond market. Corporate and established businesses can apply for funding up to R100m.
In the run-up to the annual Christmas e-commerce rush, Cull said ISPA was issuing a call to its members to brainstorm ways for the industry to collaborate more closely on how network security incidents could be turned into learning opportunities
Young black South Africans have been raised to believe that friendship across the races is an indicator of progress. Now, a generation into democracy, they are questioning this
European technology and more generally, technology outside of the US has now broken the mould of trying to be the next “silicon valley” and created its own identity and momentum.
If you find your partner having a virtual relationship with someone else – or with a computer-generated individual – is that the same as adultery?
Mercedes with its mbrace and Mercedes me systems, offers the most complete set of Internet of Things (IoT) features and solutions.
The continued digitalization of the global economy will demand new skills. Universities – not only in Africa but across the globe – need to adapt quickly to teach students relevant skills.
Smart Village will give MTN presence in more gated estates and apartment blocks, business parks and shopping malls, including certain flagship estates such as Waterfall, Jackal Creek, Xanadu Eco-Estate and Midstream Estates.
The BMW Digital Charging Service is based on two core functions: Tariff and solar optimised vehicle charging
[Digital inclusion] has to be delivered urgently. Either it can help us drive a new source of competitive advantage for industrial development and job creation, or Africa can be consumers of foreign technology and foreign capability
This initial funding is earmarked for expansion over a two-year period, with a primary focus on operations in Johannesburg.
Selected startups will be given the opportunity to enter or expand their presence in the African marketplace.
If people can be conned into jeopardizing our children’s lives, as they do when they opt out of immunizations, could they also be conned out of democracy?
Three South African startups have made it on the shortlist to becoming one of the 10 startups to be accelerated by leading international startup accelerator Startupbootcamp InsurTech in 2017. By Staff Writer Aerobotics, Emerge Analytics and NuvaLaw are up against 20 other startups for the opportunity to collaborate with 400+ mentors, partners, and investors over a three months’ period to build world class products, with the ultimate goal of becoming industry leading companies. Aerobotics, Emerge Analytics and NuvaLaw were three of the 633 applications received by Startupbootcamp InsurTech following a call for applications from innovative early stage startups specialising in…
New business boutique accelerator programme will help disruptive new businesses reach new markets and achieve commercial success.
Vodacom Business is making selective investments in fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-business(FTTH/B) in Zambia and continues to explore the best way to create a reseller model in the landlocked African country. By Staff Writer The enterprise arm of the South African-based mobile phone operator believes that Zambia is a vibrant market with good GDP growth, relative to the current economic climate and “this presents growth opportunities for enterprise customers”. The Zambian government’s efforts to diversify the economy and lessen its reliance on copper exports will start bearing fruit next year, as reforms and infrastructure spending begin to lift growth, according to research firm…
The mystery of the yo-yo dieting effect has finally been solved.
Love him or loathe him, the Cuban leader’s legacy cannot be denied.
The BMW 740e iPerformance can also be specified as an option with anti-dazzle BMW Laserlight, which celebrated its world premiere in the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car.
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Customers who upgrade to specified MTN tariff plans or sign up for a postpaid contract on Black Friday will receive 50GB data bundles each month and 10 000 MTN to MTN minutes per month for the duration of their contract.