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.

Cape Town’s Cue raises R82-million to take AI service agents global

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Cue, FAM Investments, Investment, Keet van Zyl, Knife Capital, News, Richard Nischk, Sections

Knife Capital has co-led the funding round for the Cape Town-founded customer service firm.

New Standard Bank facility to fund African tower roll-out

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Alex Carter, Benoit Samouilhan, Helios Towers, News, Sections, Standard Bank, Telecoms

The deal with Standard Bank will fund telecoms equipment imports as Helios Towers expands across the continent.

Biometrics alone won’t stop AI-powered fraud

by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Company News, Contactable, Information security, Jason Shedden, Sections

The future of fraud prevention isn’t better biometrics – it’s layered truth, writes Contactable’s Jason Shedden.