Following its initial deployment to solely South African companies, Vodacom Business Africa has now made its Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution available to 47 operating nations throughout its African footprint. Supporting the expansion of multinational corporations into Africa is Vodacom’s primary aim. The ongoing creation of creative solutions

Prosus, a Naspers-owned technology investor, has canceled its purchase agreement with BillDesk, an Indian payments platform. A deal to buy Indian digital payments company BillDesk for $4.7 billion was announced by PayU Payments Private Limited (PayU), a Prosus N.V. (Prosus) subsidiary, and BillDesk’s shareholders on August 31,

Telkom has received a formal, non-binding proposal from Rain Telecom that would see the latter purchase the former by issuing additional Telkom shares. The proposal from Rain was received by Telkom on September 14—more than two weeks ago, the company informed shareholders on Friday. According to the firm, “The

By the end of October, mobile operator Cell C will introduce its fixed-LTE services to business partners. Deena Rajah, manager of wholesale business development at Cell C, says this. Less than a week have passed since Cell C concluded its recapitalization agreement before the announcement. At a breakaway session of

On Wednesday, Ellies Holdings issued a warning to investors, stating that it was in talks about possible acquisitions in the solar and renewable energy industries. The business, which only a few days prior issued a warning that job cuts may soon be necessary to maintain its financial survival, announced today

With more than 34 million unique users visiting the platform over the course of the past two years, Vodacom claims that the zero-rated ConnectU platform has experienced “exponential growth.” This translates to an average of 3.5 million new unique customers per month, according to the telephony group. The portal,

Two channel partners will be appointed by Telkom subsidiary BCX to resell Alibaba Cloud services in South Africa and the rest of Africa. Following the signing of an exclusive agreement with Alibaba Cloud to introduce the Chinese company’s services to the South African market, BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi made

Big-four bank, Absa intends to provide more technologically advanced services for its “Branch on the Move” locations, including the activation of facial biometrics technology. In a recent interview with ITWeb, representatives of the bank disclosed this. This is a step in the future journey of the mobile service unit and

Capitec is the most recent South African bank to introduce a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), and it promises data at low prices. The bank stated on Monday that it plans to “disrupt the prepaid industry” with a “simplified prepaid solution for phone, data, and SMS.” The bank is launching

Digital payment solutions created by iKhokha make it simpler for small businesses to launch and grow. They have introduced numerous payment options across the internet and offline company scene in just the past year. iKhokha has just introduced a smart card machine to their range of payment solutions – the iK