Potential for remote control systems and automation in Africa

South African and African mining operations hold significant potential for remote control systems and automation, says Engineering firm DRA Mineral Projects instrumentation manager Alan Strydom.

Company Announcement: Affordable Handsets and Mobile Broadband Tariffs Create Dynamic Market in West African Region, Says Frost & Sullivan

Attached please find a press release on: West and Central Africa represents one of the fastest-growing mobile communications market in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past few years, the region has witnessed a dramatic increase in mobile...

20/05/2011 (On-The-Air)

The global air transport community is livid about South Africa’s plans to lift air charges by 129%; Chinese investors are homing in on South Africa’s precious metals mines and Johannesburg’s own billion-rand broadband project could lower the...

06/05/2011 (On-The-Air)

Africa’s newest telecommunications satellite is safely in orbit; South Africa’s first space satellite doing following all the criticism and the broadband bonanza that South Africa is experiencing at the moment.

Anglo American helps fund Mpumalanga science, career guidance centre

Diversified mining major Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has opened a R19-million science, career guidance and information and communication technology (ICT) resource centre in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga.

Satcoms group sees exploration budgets returning

The mining sector is starting to put money back into exploration, which means recovering demand for mobile satellite communications firm Inmarsat's portable satellite terminals, reports market development manager Simon Curran. Inmarsat's...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: we look at the construction of the Seacom undersea cable; we look at South Africa's military information and communications technology sector; and, we speak to the head of the South...

16/01/2009 (On-The-Air)

In this broadcast: A new R2bn telecommunications satellite will be dedicated exclusively to Africa and is set for launch in 2010, South Africa is developing a carbon storage atlas in a bid to help quell the global climate-change problem; South...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the fuel price sparks a move to electric cars, we report on the roll-out of an open-access fibre network across broadband-hungry South African cities and, we look at the issue of...

Daily podcast – August 13, 2008

In today's podcast: Africa's telecommunications industry will shift from being mainly market-driven to being more policy driven, Transnet has included an option to possibly extend the procurement for 212 diesel locomotives to 400 and, Sentula...

Two-way radio goes digital

South African wireless communications provider Multisource is introducing digital two-way radios to the country and the continent, ideally aimed at vertical industries, including mining.

On-The-Air (18/07/2008)

In this broadcast: Now’s the time to take full advantage of a “unique” opportunity to create “lasting value” in South Africa, so say Africa’s most experienced, most successful and best-connected miner in Africa; Australians have...