Takealot is under siege with increased competition, margin pressure, mounting losses, and new Competition Commission action, which is set to disrupt its business.

Shoprite Group launched its first cashless store in Durbanville, Cape Town late last month, in what may be the start of a trend.

Intelsat, the world’s biggest geostationary satellite operator, is making a series of bets on companies that focus on handsets and lower orbits as the older industry players are trying to keep up with upstarts like Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Blue Label Telecoms, which is seeking control of Cell C, plans to bring in a new strategic investor into the mobile operator.

Ethiopian state-owned telecom operator Ethio Telecom has launched commercial 5G services in the country.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced the launch of two new terrestrial fiber routes – Kenya to Ethiopia and Zambia to Malawi.

Rain shareholder African Rainbow Capital Investments has valued the wireless broadband upstart at R22.2-billion.

MTN is launching 5G in many African countries to drive digital transformation across the continent.

Spar Group’s CIO, Mark Huxtable, has resigned from the South African food and liquor retailer, not long after a rocky implementation of a R1.8-billion software system.

Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Mark Levy said delisting the company from the JSE will be considered if it makes sense for shareholders.