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Trump’s sparring with China revives rare earths stock trade
31st May 2020 By: Bloomberg

A Chinese stock strategy that worked in 2019 when tensions got heated with the US is picking up again, showing mounting worry over the viability of a trade deal signed just months ago. Miners of... 


Coal market faces fresh speculation China shunning Australia
Coal market faces fresh speculation China shunning Australia
22nd May 2020 By: Bloomberg

A coal market only just rebounding from the lowest price in four years might now need to grapple with the prospect of China renewing its restrictions on Australian supplies. Two influential coal... 


Covid-19 puts digital transformation back on the agenda
22nd May 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

The global Covid-19 pandemic has firmly placed digital transformation back on agendas, as information and communication technologies (ICTs) become powerful weapons in the fight against the... 


Removing hurdles to online education could be key societal equaliser
24th April 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the digital divide and brought the importance of universal broadband in South Africa into focus. Online education can be a societal equaliser;... 


Covid-19 threatens delay of 5G standardisation
17th April 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

The delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic of vital standardisation is threatening the economic growth and deployment of fifth-generation (5G) technology for the enterprise market. A new White... 


Covid-19 hits China-Africa trade and investment, but impact should fade
10th April 2020 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit African trade with China and is likely to reduce Chinese investment on the continent, the Economist Corporate Network, Baker McKenzie and Silk Road Associates pointed... 


Huawei to participate in ‘noncore’ elements of Britain’s 5G network
14th February 2020 By: Rebecca Campbell

Towards the end of last month, the British Government announced that Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei will be allowed to participate in the creation of the UK’s fifth-generation (5G)... 


MTN, Huawei sign 5G development MoU
29th November 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications giant MTN and information and communication technology solutions provider Huawei have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a joint fifth-generation (5G)... 


Data-only network provider, rain, gets set for a 5G future
Data-only network provider, rain, gets set for a 5G future
15th November 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

As South Africa’s sole data-only network, rain, continues its rapid fourth-generation (4G) network deployment, fifth-generation (5G) technology is currently being tested for the roll-out of... 


Huawei pursues Tech4All initiative
11th October 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Information and communications technology (ICT) giant Huawei’s long-term digital inclusion initiative Tech4All aims to unlock digital technology access for about 500-million people in the next five... 


Iamgold sale stalls as Chinese bidders’ talks fail
10th October 2019 By: Bloomberg

The sale of Iamgold has stalled after the mid-tier Canadian gold miner failed to reach an agreement with several Chinese suitors, people with knowledge of the matter said. Chinese gold producers... 


Emerging technologies drive robotics uptake in homes
30th August 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Artificial intelligence (AI), fifth-generation (5G), the Internet of Things (IoT) and other emerging technologies remain at the core of the megatrends shaping technological and industrial... 


Chinese miner eyes doubling of gold output through overseas M&A
26th August 2019 By: Reuters

Zhaojin Mining, one of China's biggest gold miners, aims to double production of the precious metal as early as 2024 on the back of overseas acquisitions and may look for deals below $500 million.... 


Huawei awards Wits postgraduate bursaries
2nd August 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Huawei South Africa has donated bursaries valued at nearly R2-million to nine University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) postgraduate students studying information technology and engineering courses As... 


Gold sinks most in a year as trade truce deals blow to bulls
Gold sinks most in a year as trade truce deals blow to bulls
1st July 2019 By: Bloomberg

Gold opened the third quarter with a slump back below $1 400/oz after the US and China agreed to a truce in their trade war, dealing a blow for now to havens that were bolstered in recent months by... 


China National Gold studies bid for Canadian miner Iamgold
20th June 2019 By: Bloomberg

China National Gold Group, the nation’s second-biggest miner of the metal, is studying a bid for a stake in Canada’s Iamgold, people familiar with the matter said. Iamgold shares jumped the most in... 


Huawei kicks off first 5G training course for SA students
14th June 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Information and communications technology (ICT) giant Huawei South Africa is offering free fifth-generation (5G) training courses for ICT postgraduates at, initially, the University of the... 


Huawei’s market share surges despite smartphone shipment slump
24th May 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Despite a “deeper” decline – for the sixth consecutive quarter – of smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2019, Chinese brand Huawei has accelerated its sales, surpassing Apple as... 


Oil climbs as Opec signal on output curbs overshadows trade risk
21st May 2019 By: Bloomberg

Oil rose for a second day on signs Opec and its allies will extend production cuts beyond June, while a steadily deteriorating US-China trade relationship kept prices from pushing higher. Futures... 


African-specific IoT model proposed
10th May 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

The much-talked about Internet of Things (IoT) will only become relevant for Africa when it starts enabling stakeholders to effectively tackle the real challenges the continent faces on a daily... 


Huawei centres 2019 SA strategy on partnerships, collaboration
3rd May 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

As global information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei Enterprise pursues new technologies and platforms, new emerging ICTs present an opportunity to build a new... 


Profitable coal trade beckons buyers brave enough to test China
Profitable coal trade beckons buyers brave enough to test China
5th April 2019 By: Bloomberg

Its high quality and the price is a bargain, but the risk may be too great for Chinese buyers looking for a quick profit. Newcastle thermal coal prices have lost almost $20 a ton, or almost 19... 


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A partnership between weFix and Drone Racing Africa aims to increase legal operations and improve after sales support
Partnership formed to offer after-sales support for burgeoning drones industry
14th July 2017 By: Donna Slater

To meet the needs of the rapidly expanding drones market, a new retail and aftersales support, repair and training network has been established through a partnership between technology support... 


Passenger rail group in final stages of deploying digital comms system
14th July 2017 By: Schalk Burger

A digital wireless communications system – GSM for railway, or GSM-R – is being deployed to improve the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) operations and run its rail passenger... 


Wireless communication can help mines achieve zero harm
20th February 2015 By: Zandile Mavuso

In support of South Africa’s Mining Health and Safety Council’s quest for zero harm, telecommunications equipment company Huawei Technologies believes that the use of wireless communications... 


Red Hat says acquisitions will expand business-process capabilities
1st August 2014 By: Schalk Burger

Enterprise open source software company Red Hat has made a number of acquisitions to boost its business process capabilities and reports strong growth of the business, as large and small companies... 


JAMES MULEBEKE
Huawei’s end-to-end wireless communication solution for the mining industry will dramatically increase emergency response times
Wireless solution offers quick emergency response times
16th May 2014 By: David Oliveira

Effective underground communication is becoming increasingly important for mines, which was highlighted by the recent tragedy in February at JSE-listed Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine on the West... 


Significant growth for telecommunications in Africa
16th May 2014 By: Jonathan Rodin

“Over the past 20 years, South Africa has achieved better telecommunications connections, better communications solutions with more cost-effective capacity, owing to innovation, collaboration and... 


Huawei, Altech combine to provide ICT services to 15 African countries
11th October 2013 By: Schalk Burger

Information and communication technology (ICT) equipment giant Huawei and telecommunications and information technology group Altech have partnered to create Altech Collab to serve the enterprise... 


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