How Amazon outmanoeuvred Starlink in South Africa

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Amazon Leo, Elon Musk, HeroTel, Icasa, Maziv, News, Satellite communications, Sections, Solly Malatsi, SpaceX, Starlink, Trevor Vieweg, Van Zyl Botha

Starlink has 10 000 satellites and a six-year head-start, yet rival Amazon Leo may beat it to market in South Africa.

Amazon Leo all set for South African launch

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Amazon Leo, Estiaan Ferreira, HeroTel, Icasa, Internet and connectivity, Maziv, News, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, Trevor Vieweg, Van Zyl Botha, Vodacom, Vumatel

Herotel will distribute Amazon Leo satellite broadband in South Africa – sidestepping the licensing trap snaring rival Starlink.

SpaceX is the Dutch East India Company of the space age

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Boeing, Dutch East India Company, EasyEquities, Elon Musk, Investment, Nasa, News, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, xAI

Four centuries separate the VOC and SpaceX, but both asked the public to fund a frontier.

The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | News, Sections, Telecoms

Iran is choking the world’s oil artery. The internet has its own Hormuzes, a new report has warned.

Bernard Beya appointed CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies DRC

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | People, Top Stories

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has appointed Bernard Beya as Chief Executive Officer for its operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), effective 1 April 2026. Cassava Technologies operates in more than 40 markets...