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Cell C Appoints Melanie Forbes as Chief Marketing Officer to Drive Brand Transformation
Cell C appoints Melanie Forbes as CMO to lead brand transformation. Her extensive background spans both B2B and B2C markets across various African markets.
TechAfrica News
AAYUSHYA RANJAN
Retrenchments at Rain
Rain has retrenched dozens of employees as part of the transition of its Johannesburg offices from a headquarters into a regional branch, despite previously promising the change would not result in job losses.
MyBroadband
Hanno Labuschagne
Big changes coming for Takealot - and a warning for Amazon
Takealot must make significant changes to its website and operations to address market distortions caused by its dominance in South Africa, the Competition Commission has ordered.
MyBroadband
Jan Vermeulen
South Africa imposes penalities on Google
The Competition Commission has found that Google’s dominance in internet search in South Africa “distorts platform competition” in favour of large market players, and has recommended several remedies to counter this.
TechCentral
Duncan McLeod
Old Telkom reports surprisingly strong top-line growth
Telecommunications group Telkom reported surprisingly positive quarterly results on Monday, with revenue up nearly 4% year on year on the back of improvements in various operating subsidiaries.
TechCentral
Duncan McLeod
eSims: a threat to mobile operators?
Embedded Sims, or eSims, increase the likelihood that mobile phone users will switch network providers, impacting churn levels. Is this why South African mobile operators have been slow to adopt the technology?
TechCentral
Nkosinathi Ndlovu
MTN fibre operator boss quits company
Supersonic managing director Megan Nicholas has left MTN, MyBroadband has learned. She left the company around April 2023, and CFO Kabi Kolobe acted as managing director until July.
MyBroadband
Jan Vermeulen
Bad news for Starlink in South Africa — despite thousands already using it
Starlink’s parent company SpaceX regards South Africa as a low-priority area for rollout due to regulations that make it challenging to provide its service directly to customers in the country.
MyBroadband
Hanno Labuschagne
Telkom CEO explains why Rain deal broke down
Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong revealed that discussions with Rain broke down because of different views on the two operators’ valuations.
MyBroadband
Daily Investor
Eskom milked dry
Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter revealed how middlemen and tenderpreneurs cost the power utility billions per year without adding any value.
MyBroadband
Daily Investor
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