MTN partners with simfy on music streaming

MTN South Africa has become the first mobile operator in the country to launch a streaming music service following an exclusive partnership with South African-based simfy Africa. For R49 per month, MTN customers will be able to listen to all of their favourite music...

Jasco delivers Nokia Networks to SA

Jasco has been appointed as a value-added reseller (VAR) of Nokia Networks Mobile Broadband (MBB) and wireless access solutions to the southern African market. The move will enable Nokia Networks to leverage additional channels to market to take advantage of...

Rockefeller Foundation, EOH to grow skills

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $1-million grant to EOH to spur job creation in the ICT sector for South Africa’s disadvantaged youth. The grant comes to support EOH’s Youth Job Creation Initiative launched in 2012 which aims at stimulating youth job...

DiData launches mobile cloud service

Dimension Data has launched Enterprise Mobility-as-a-Service (EMaaS), signalling its intent to provide a suite of cloud-based end-user computing services on a global basis. EMaaS establishes the platform for the Group’s future initiatives that will see Dimension Data...

Universities to leverage procurement savings

Higher education buying departments expect to save hundreds of millions of rand through a new e-procurement and travel management platform. Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa (Purco SA), the higher education procurement consortium, concluded an e-procurement master...

SA firms should look to Africa

Due to Africa being home to seven of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world, the continent is quickly becoming top-of-mind for many global businesses. According to Sumesh Rahavendra, head of marketing for DHL Express sub-Saharan (SSA), while the growing...