Octotel and MetroFibre merger is on the table
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·9d ago
Octotel and MetroFibre Networx are actively assessing a combination that would create South Africa’s third-largest fibre network operator, Octotel CEO Trevor van Zyl has told the TechCentral Show.
Kenya to appeal ruling that unwound Vodacom's Safaricom deal
TechCentralby Agency Staff·9d ago
Kenya’s government will appeal the court ruling that ordered the cancellation of the deal in which it sold an extra 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom, finance minister John Mbadi said on Wednesday.
Meta to the AI industry: slow down without us
TechCentralby Agency Staff·9d ago
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said competition and liability give AI companies enough reason to act individually on safety, appearing to break from calls by the leaders of top AI firms for a...
Visa crackdown is latest US blow to South Africa ties
TechCentralby Agency Staff·9d ago
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign nationals from South Africa as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to cool ties...
Crypto's big bet fails as US senate sinks Clarity Act
TechCentralby Editor·9d ago
The US senate failed on Tuesday to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation backed by President Donald Trump in a major blow for digital asset companies and Republicans who had championed...
Vodacom's Safaricom deal struck down by Kenyan high court
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·9d ago
Kenya’s high court has declared the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom unconstitutional, null and void, and ordered the shares restored to the state — 11 weeks after the...
Customers of 45 insurers exposed in South African cyber breach
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·9d ago
Personal information belonging to the customers of roughly 45 insurance companies was taken from IT service provider MIP Holdings in June, after intruders spent about three weeks inside a support...
Nvidia-backed chip designer pushes deeper into flagship phones
TechCentralby Agency Staff·10d ago
Taiwan’s MediaTek unveiled a new smartphone chip on Tuesday made using TSMC’s most advanced manufacturing process as it goes after the premium handset market with silicon able to run more AI...
ASUS ExpertBook P5 G2 packs AI performance into a 1.27kg laptop
TechCentralby ASUS·10d ago
The machine in front of a working professional now sets the limit on how much AI work can be done on the device rather than sent to the cloud.
Inside the 2026 Rising Star judging week
TechCentralby TransUnion Rising Star Awards·10d ago
For 15 years, the TransUnion Rising Star Awards have recognised South Africa’s most talented young professionals — not only what they have achieved, but the leadership potential and impact they...
Saps bodycam tender collides with Popia's biometrics rules
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·10d ago
The facial recognition the South African Police Service (Saps) wants built into its new body cameras is legally prohibited by default, and the police have no blanket exemption from the country’s...
Profit expected to climb at iOCO even as share price lags
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·10d ago
iOCO expects to report headline earnings of between 55c and 60c/share for the year ended 31 July 2026, up 37.5-50% on the 40c it reported a year ago – but the group’s claim to have come in ahead of...
Calls to slow AI put the US stock market boom in doubt
TechCentralby Agency Staff·10d ago
Investors are growing anxious about the stock market’s AI-led rally after industry leaders called for reining in the pace of development, although some say guardrails could ultimately benefit the...
SA20 launches schools derby series with rain as title sponsor
TechCentralby Rain·10d ago
SA20 has launched the rain SA20 Derby Series, a set of standalone fixtures between leading South African cricket schools, and named mobile network operator rain as title sponsor of both the new...
Godongwana tears into his own government's ICT policy drift
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·10d ago
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has accused government of substituting workshops and road maps for delivery on technology policy, pointing to a broadcast digital migration programme 16 years...
Your AI agent is a privileged user. Treat it like one
TechCentralby Solid8 Technologies·11d ago
AI models and autonomous agents have moved out of isolated experiments and into the core of enterprise operations.
MTN opens fifth Women in Digital Business Challenge
TechCentralby MTN·11d ago
The MTN SA Foundation will select 10 black women-owned ICT and digital businesses for the fifth edition of its Women in Digital Business Challenge, with each receiving an investment package worth...
Optasia's own targets point to a much slower second half
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·11d ago
Optasia reported a 58.1% jump in first-half revenue on Monday in its maiden interim results as a JSE-listed company.
Apple's iPhone price rise mostly misses South Africa
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·11d ago
South Africans buying the entry-level iPhone 18 Pro will pay R200 more than the iPhone 17 Pro cost at launch a year ago, even though Apple has raised the price of the same phone by 9% in the US.
The end is nigh, and the shares go on sale in October
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·11d ago
What an interesting weekend in AI-land that was. Dario Amodei wants the industry to slow down the development of frontier AI models.
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