The dire shortage of specific industry skills and the growing demand for these talents mean that the industry has the opportunity to meet the capacity gap by encouraging more women to join the ICT sector. This is the view of Portia Thokoane, Chief Human Capital...
The Rapid Deployment Policy on offer from the government has the potential to transform South Africa and the industry The Rapid Deployment Policy has a very clear purpose and intent. Its goal is to facilitate the rapid deployment of facilities and networks that will...
CENTURION, Gauteng – 14 June 2021 – ICT-focused investment-holding company Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) today announced that Thinus Mulder will formally step down as CEO of its subsidiary DFA on 30 September 2021. CIVH group CEO and DFA chairman,...
CENTURION, Gauteng – 10 June 2021 – DFA today announced the launch of a feasibility study in collaboration with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) that will look at the challenges of rolling out fibre in the rural areas of South Africa. The...
Centurion, Gauteng – 18 February 2021 – DFA has achieved MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet certification for its Magellan Access EPL service which is an E-Access Ethernet Private Line managed-service offering. This follows a rigorous process of testing and ratifying that the...
As the need for connectivity becomes increasingly fundamental to our way of life, the need to deliver quality and cost-efficient connectivity and services by private communication services providers is of paramount importance. However, the cost of delivering quality...
Centurion, Gauteng – 25 January 2021 – DFA today announced that it has been awarded Top Employer status in South Africa for 2021 by the Top Employers Institute. DFA joins 1,691 companies in 120 countries globally, including only 97 local companies, who are recognized...
Growing up in Thabakgone GaMamabolo in Limpopo I never conceived that I would find myself working as a fibre optic technician for one of South Africa’s largest ICT infrastructure companies. As a woman, I am one of very few. Despite all that is being done to increase...
With many more South Africans working remotely, homes have become offices from where we could be doing anything from attending a client meeting or live streaming a presentation or talk to completing tasks in the cloud, making progress on strategic projects, or...
