Beijing accuses Anthropic CEO of waging an AI 'Cold War'
TechCentralby Agency Staff·11d ago
An essay by Anthropic’s CEO calling for a slowing down of AI development may look like a rational statement focused on safety risks, but it is really a “Cold War playbook” targeting China, the...
South Africa is behind its neighbours on the plumbing of digital IDs
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·14d ago
Zambia switched on the cryptographic foundations of its digital state this week, the second country in the region to do so inside a fortnight, after Namibia.
Newspaper group Caxton deploys AI copy editors
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
Caxton & CTP Publishers & Printers has begun piloting AI in its media division, and says it has so far applied the technology to copy editing rather than to writing.
Why businesses are moving n8n onto their own servers
TechCentralby Domains.co.za·14d ago
n8n is a workflow automation tool that connects apps, moves data between systems and automates repetitive tasks.
Why Apple can't tell you who its R50 000 iPhone is for
TechCentralby Agency Staff·14d ago
Apple’s new foldable iPhone launched on Wednesday with impressive features and a premium price tag, starting at US$1 999 in the US market.
Nitda, NDPC and Galaxy Backbone back CyFrica 2026
TechCentralby Tradepass·14d ago
Three Nigerian government bodies — the National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda), the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and state-owned network infrastructure provider...
'There are no adults in the room': the AI safety exodus
TechCentralby Agency Staff·14d ago
Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the...
US in move to counter Huawei in Africa
TechCentralby Agency Staff·14d ago
The Donald Trump administration will lend nearly US$100-million (R16.2-billion) to Africell, Africa’s only American-owned telecommunications firm, as it seeks to counter the expansion of China’s...
Lesaka's first profit comes as its merchant business goes backwards
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
About 30 people have been affected by a restructuring of Lesaka Technologies’ merchant division, and the dual-listed fintech will not rule out further job losses as it folds four acquired...
South Africa's electric car floodgates are opening
TechCentralby William Kelly·14d ago
Much has been written about how miserable electric vehicle sales have been in South Africa. Car makers evidently think that is about to change.
SAPS wants to deploy AI bodycams with facial recognition
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·15d ago
The body-worn cameras the South African Police Service (SAPS) wants to strap to its officers must be able to conduct facial recognition, according to tender documents the State IT Agency (Sita)...
How much Apple's iPhone Duo will cost in South Africa
TechCentralby Staff Reporter·15d ago
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a foldable called iPhone Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company’s flagship product.
Reserve Bank says its approach to stablecoins is still unsettled
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·15d ago
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) says its approach to stablecoins has not been settled, in its first response to the public campaign launched on Wednesday, 9 September by South Africa’s...
End of an era for South Africa's payments system
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·16d ago
South Africa’s banks have lost the body through which they collectively governed the national payment system.
Meta's new AI agent can spend your money on your behalf
TechCentralby Agency Staff·16d ago
Meta has begun rolling out a long-touted AI assistant that can autonomously send e-mails, sell a car and book travel on a person’s behalf, despite internal concerns that the technology mismanages...
Can an online school produce a scientist? CambriLearn has an independent answer
TechCentralby CambriLearn·16d ago
Three CambriLearn students entered South Africa’s largest school science competition in August. All three came back with medals, from judging panels the school played no part in appointing.
A petaflop on a desk - rethinking AI infrastructure for South Africa
TechCentralby Altron Arrow·16d ago
South African organisations have stopped asking what AI might do for them. The questions now are operational: how to deploy it, where it should run, how much compute it needs, and what that means...
Coalition leads public revolt against treasury's crypto draft
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·16d ago
South Africa’s biggest regulated crypto platforms have taken their fight public, forming a coalition and launching a petition against draft rules that would bar local companies from making...
Vodacom recruits former JSE chief as chair succession begins
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·16d ago
Vodacom Group has appointed former JSE CEO Leila Fourie to its board as an alternate director to chairman Saki Macozoma, with effect from 9 October 2026.
Shoprite's CTO is thinking of a future where new recruits arrive with their own AI agents
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·17d ago
About 12 000 Shoprite Group employees are using generative AI tools, and the retailer has built its own platform to route their requests to whichever model can handle them most effectively and...
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