Jonas Bogoshi’s rise to become leader of one of SA’s most prominent listed IT companies, Gijima, is filled with stories of how he overcame hardship. The rags-to-riches story is a fairly common one shared by SA’s black elite, but
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JSE-listed technology services group Gijima appears to be no closer to resolving its dispute with the department of home affairs over the validity of the R2,5bn “Who Am I Online” contract. The group has advised shareholders that it is still seeking a “commercial resolution” of the dispute in a bid to avoid taking legal action.
One of the country’s leading business intelligence software companies, Harvey Jones, has been forced into a dramatic restructuring after its UK parent, London-listed Avisen, refocused its business. It’s understood that Harvey Jones, which had employed about 30 people, has been forced to reduce its headcount dramatically. Now MD Keith Jones is leading a management buyout of the local company but he says he is unable to comment until the deal is wrapped up, probably sometime next week.
IBM is ramping up its investment in Africa dramatically, with plans to open offices in six new markets, extending its…
When analysts deliver presentations on cloud computing they inevitably reference US enterprise software service company Salesforce.com in their PowerPoint slides.…
MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar has apologised for the billing system debacle that resulted in thousands of its customers being…
Operating systems were all the talk last week at Mobile World Congress, the cellphone industry’s annual confab in Barcelona. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nokia and others are engaged in a battle over whose software will run the next generation of smartphones
When I meet Microsoft SA MD Mteto Nyati, it isn’t long before the conversation turns to Windows Vista. Except, I…
In a move that is clearly aimed at the heart of Microsoft, IBM has teamed up with Canonical, SA Internet…
Stewart van Graan has a fishy history. The new GM for Dell in Africa and outgoing MD of Dell SA…