Category: <span>Business</span>

South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) sports fans have been asking for a sports channel for many year, finally their prayers have been answered.  The national broadcaster will be launching a stand alone sports channel in the coming few months including other new channels. This comes after eMedia Investments, the parent company of Openview, a satellite...

During Spotify’s first-ever Stream On event last month, we explored the journey of creation, the promise of interactivity, and the investments we’re making to further unlock audio’s potential. Today, we are announcing that Spotify has acquired Betty Labs, the creators of Locker Room, a live audio app that’s changing the way insiders and fans talk...

Africa’s health-research landscape has been steadily growing as of recently, but in order to keep this momentum going healthcare must become decentralized. For Ghanaian medtech startup Redbird, its company believes there is a better way to make medical testing in the country an easier process for both patients and doctors by introducing a simple health monitoring system....

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has concluded to retrenched 621 employees, and this is not the end, more still coming. As of 1 April, a total of 621 SABC employees will have been let go via the public broadcaster’s drawn-out Section 189 process. The SABC on Tuesday said that it had concluded the process and would transition...

Former President Donald Trump has launched an official website www.45office.com, a platform for his supporters to stay in touch and to showcase his time in office. The 45office.com website’s home page displays multiple pictures of Trump with various figures including his wife Melania, members of the military and world leaders, which were taken at multiple events...

South African Tourism (SA Tourism) and Netflix have agreed to explore joint opportunities that will benefit both organisations to showcase stories made in South Africa.The agreement will allow for exploration and collaboration on projects both in South Africa and in key source markets that drive international arrivals to the country. Since Netflix’s launch in South...

The minister of health, Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that Professor Koleka Mlisana as Prof Abdool Karim’s successor. This follows Prof Karim’s resignation from Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 Command Council.  “When I accepted the appointment on 23 March 2020, little did I realise how important science would be in helping our country to navigate the complexities of the...

The first 165,000 of up to 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that MTN Group is donating to African countries have arrived in Ghana, the South African telecoms company said on Tuesday. It is donating $25 million to support the African Union’s vaccination programme. The vaccines are intended to be distributed to health workers across the...

India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook Inc-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in January, which will take effect in May, allows WhatsApp to share some user data with Facebook and its units, prompting a global backlash including in India, its...