Affordable streaming drives eMedia’s FAST expansion

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 16, 2026 | Uncategorized

Rising streaming costs have prompted eMedia to expand into Africa’s growing ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Openview...

The economy the statistics miss is thriving on Spondo Street

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 16, 2026 | Astron Energy, Company News, Financial services, Lesaka, Lesaka Technologies, Lincoln Mali, Sections

A Zwide forecourt shows how townships cluster real economic activity around formal infrastructure.

How Amazon outmanoeuvred Starlink in South Africa

by quikefix quikefix.com | 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 quikefix quikefix.com | 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 quikefix quikefix.com | 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.