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19 stories on the Connectivity & Media desk in the last 30 days (19 this week). Latest: Can A South African-Built Super App OMN1 Disrupt The Platform Economy?. Updated 1 October 2026.
Latest raise: Telecom funding boosts South Africa’s FDI inflows to near three-year high →
- Can A South African-Built Super App OMN1 Disrupt The Platform Economy? ↗
1 October 2026
- Telecom funding boosts South Africa’s FDI inflows to near three-year high ↗
1 October 2026 · raise card
- MTN clears major hurdle in $2.2 billion acquisition of IHS Towers ↗
2 October 2026 · raise card
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Meta’s ad-verse ruling ↗
2 October 2026
- Metier backs South African telecom leaders Frogfoot and Vox ↗
4 October 2026
- Vodacom South Africa pioneers world’s first integrated passive-active Massive MIMO technology ↗
29 September 2026
- Billionaire Elon Musk gets another opening for Starlink in South Africa amid 30% ownership hurdle ↗
28 September 2026
- TikTok One Creates New Earning Opportunities For Creators In South Africa ↗
28 September 2026
- Capitec Connect Reaches 1.8 Million Users, Fueled By 70 Million Free Call Minutes And 27,000 Phone Sales ↗
30 September 2026
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – ARC-ing for an EV market ↗
28 September 2026
- WhatsApp Rolls Out Parental Controls In South Africa to Give Parents Stricter Oversight ↗
30 September 2026
- EFF Slams MTN, Vodacom Over ICASA Data Rollover Court Challenge ↗
28 July 2026
- Important Movement Corridors for Billboards in South Africa ↗
3 August 2026
- R4.54B in a Week: Who Is Paying for Africa’s Fibre Build-Out? ↗
24 September 2026
- DStv Customers Get Up To 50% Back In Discovery Miles From Discovery Bank ↗
15 May 2026
- Facebook spotlights African cinema in ‘Made by Africa, loved by the world’ campaign ↗
14 May 2026
- Infobip Unveils AgentOS, an AI-Powered Platform for Customer Experience Automation ↗
14 May 2026
- National fibre Expansion Gets Green Light As ICASA Approves Herotel-Vumatel Licence Transfer, Maziv Says ↗
14 May 2026 · raise card
- CANAL+, SARU & NZR Confirm Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Broadcast Rights Agreement ↗
6 August 2026