Seacom and Liquid maintain service during cable outages, highlight need for ISP redundancy

[Lindsey Schutters] Seacom and Liquid Intelligent Technologies offer a word of encouragement to the continent facing internet disruptions...

Salesforce data shows $298bn was spent online in Cyber Week

[Lindsey Schutters] Salesforce analysed the online shopping behaviour of over 1.5 billion shoppers across Cyber Week...

Africa Fibre Forum calls for increased infrastructure investment

[Lindsey Schutters] Telco business leaders are making a case for increased fibre network infrastructure investment in Africa...

Google opens its AI-Integrated search to Africa

[Lindsey Schutters] Google is opening up Search Labs and its Search Generative Experience to a wider global audience, including Africa...

What publishers need to know about the Google AdSense changes

[Lindsey Schutters] Google Ads announces major changes to its revenue share structure and campaign types, affecting millions of marketers...

South Africa's ISPs must do better

[Richard Firth] From poor customer service to high fees and slow repairs, South Africans are treated badly by internet service providers...

South Africa and Angola experience contrasting internet cable fates

[Lindsey Schutters] An underwater rockslide in the Congo Canyon disrupted the WACS and SAT-3 undersea cables on Sunday, causing connectivity issues in SA...

#Newsmaker: New TooMuchWifi CEO Tauriq Brown aims to help close SA's digital divide

[Imran Salie] Born in the township of Manenberg, Tauriq Brown aims to close the digital divide by taking affordable internet solutions to lower-income communities...

Subsea cable connectivity: The key to accelerating digital transformation?

[Matone Ditlhake] The Equiano 144Tbps, 12 fibre pair cable will ensure faster internet speeds and reduced internet prices when it is switched on before the end of the year...

The death of third-party cookies: What businesses and marketers need to know

[Matthew Campbell] Here's everything businesses need to know about the end of third-party cookies...

NFTs and Web 3.0 to shape Africa's future in 2022

[Lee Naik] TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik lists five trends shaping 2022 and Africa's future...

5 important tips for your business website

[Andrew Bourne] If you are a business owner who is just getting started on your official website, here are five tips for you to keep in mind...

Why should you get to know BERT?

[David Jenkins] Businesses seeking to optimise their websites for SEO need to keep their content fresh and up to date to stay ahead of Google's ever-evolving search algorithms...

Q&A: Grant Hinds on being at the top of his game

[Evan-Lee Courie] The V&A Museum in London, England is currently showcasing an exhibition solely devoted to the contemporary art of video games and local gamer, Grant Hinds, is the only South African gamer to have a vlog featured in the exhibition...

Esports: Geemax on streaming for South Africa

[Iain Fenton] George Smith AKA Geemax is a 28-year-old South African video game streamer hailing from Johannesburg. He is currently one of the most popular South African video game streamers around and is also a well-known shout caster...

The rise and rise of the decentralised web

[Simon McCullough] While the internet isn't technically centralised, it is monolithic and monopolised in practice...

The connected business society

[Brian Timperley] In today's more digital world, businesses have started to focus less on the amount of data consumed and more on just having fast and reliable connectivity...