Earlier this year, Vodacom has pulled the plug on its M-Pesa product in South Africa after admitting that the service doesn’t stand a chance to succeed in the country

“We have concluded a number of wholesale agreements for Fibre to the premise, which will give access to a number of additional end points and assist in driving this business forward.”

“We are committed to connecting communities and leading the delivery of a bold, new digital world. Because no matter what time it is, we can always be together,” says MTN

Underlying online harassment is the false idea that events that happen on internet aren’t real. But whenever people are interacting, it’s all real.

Africa’s complex and seemingly insurmountable social and economic problems are a golden opportunity to demonstrate the value that research can bring. Scientists need to rise to the challenge.

The multi-pronged network optimisation strategy encompasses an end to end improvement of the network from Radio technology to Core and IP platforms.

Ultimately, there is no protection from fake news other than to adopt a skeptical view of all news and take the truth of it on balance of likelihood and confirmation from multiple reputable sources.

Vodacom Business Booster is part of Vodacom Business’ digital strategy.

The pundits and polls got it wrong. Here’s why.

As the torrent of carefully created social media posts to sites such as Facebook grows, who is to say which is the ‘real’ you

The cities profiled in the study include Auckland, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Bogota, Bristol, Cape Town, Cleveland, Delhi, Dubai, Jeddah, Mexico City, New York City, Paris, Pune, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Vienna and Wuxi.

MyBucks believes in the value of big data in fraud mitigation

Comsol has now initiated the largest deployment of this technology on the African continent with the launch of Comsol IoT.

Back in the early 1900s, if you felt a bit sluggish you could reach for a beverage enhanced with radioactive elements to really add some pep to your step. It wouldn’t be a healthy choice, though.

There is broad acknowledgement that the way science is taught and practised in Africa is not socially inclusive.

Vodacom has identified IoT as a key strategic growth and the mobile phone operator wants to be at the centre of the ecosystem to spur it.

Having a bit of a tummy might not be the end of the world for men after all.

One viral video might leave you in stitches; another leaves you cold. Psychology researchers have worked out several theories of humor to explain why.

The Association’s primary concern is that the White Paper does not convincingly outline how the capacity and expertise shortcomings of the regulator, or policy maker, will be addressed.

MTN claims to be the first mobile operator in the world to test the Facebook-designed Voyager platform

The disclosure, said the JSE, should clearly identify the race diversity policy at board level and require annual reporting on how the policy has been applied.

Lithium-ion batteries have recently been in the limelight due to the controversy of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7

Streaming television may actually facilitate important forms of human interaction, like participating in politics.

When you switch on your television and there is a segment on Africa, the images that you typically see are…

Ralph is currently Chief Executive of Old Mutual Emerging Markets and has extensive experience in the financial services sector, having had a distinguished career at Old Mutual over the last 16 years