Collaborate to grow black middle class

Although the growth of South Africa’s black middle class has more than doubled over the past eight years, growing from 1,7-million people in 2004 to an estimated 4,2-million in 2012 – according research by the UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic marketing...

SanDisk expands in Africa with Mitsumi

Flash memory manufacturer SanDisk has signed a distribution deal with Mitsumi, one of the largest and fastest-growing IT distributors in Africa. Mitsumi will distribute to 22 countries in Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco, Mozambique, Zambia...

Cell companies must look after client data

With the promulgation of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) later this year, the protection of consumers’ personal information is becoming increasingly important. In light of the increase in cell phone banking fraud in South Africa, this has become...

MTN, CSG bring optimised routing to SA

MTN SA has joined forces with CSG International, a global provider of software- and services-based business support solutions, to bring optimised routing solutions to the South African market for the first time.  The new offering helps clients generate revenue and...

Power management saves money, carbon

The Nedbank group, the first carbon-neutral bank in Africa, has now rolled out a power management system that is set to save the group between R2,2-million and R3,5-million per year.  Once fully implemented, it will also realise a carbon saving equivalent to taking 1...

Cell C extends data promotions

Cell C will extend the promotional pricing on some of its data products. In April, Cell C introduced promotions with effective per megabyte rates of between 1c and 8c, and an out of bundle rate of 15c per Mb. These promotional offers were due to expire at the end of...