techcentral.co.zaadded August 2026
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod28d ago
The South African Revenue Service will pay Microsoft almost R1.6-billion over three years to renew its software licences and support, and IBM nearly R1.2-billion, under contracts approved without...
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod28d ago
Tianshi Lv spent six years running Xiaomi in Peru, where he says the Chinese electronics maker’s share of the smartphone market grew from 1% to 30%, making it the country’s biggest phone brand.
TechCentralby Staff Reporter28d ago
Communications minister Solly Malatsi cannot use telecommunications regulation to restrict access to legally authorised gambling, and any attempt to do so could face a court challenge, gambling...
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod28d ago
Four of Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s six directors, including chair Norma Sephuma and interim CEO Stafford Masie, have resigned after a shareholder group led by WGW Capital moved to have them voted...
TechCentralby Agency Staff28d ago
Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth at about 3%, and yielding major benefits for Asian economies that supply the hardware, such as Thailand, International Monetary Fund...
TechCentralby Busi Mavuso28d ago
The independent transmission projects programme is set to mobilise substantial private investment in South Africa’s electricity grid.
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod9 Oct 2026
Shoprite has graded the controls protecting it against cyberattacks and data breaches as only “partially effective”, the weakest rating it gives any of its six core business risks.
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod9 Oct 2026
Standard Bank Group will invest as much as US$200-million in OPay, the Nigeria-focused fintech that filed on Friday to list its shares in New York.
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod9 Oct 2026
Shoprite has started selling prepaid airtime, data and digital vouchers through Sixty60, adding the on-demand app to a value-added services business that is already offered through its tills, its...
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen9 Oct 2026
South Africans can register blocks against direct marketers on the government’s new National Opt-Out Registry now – not from May 2027, as the National Consumer Commission’s (NCC’s) own launch...
TechCentralby Agency Staff9 Oct 2026
Ukraine struck and partly disabled a data centre operated by Russian technology company Yandex on Friday, a day after it hit a larger and more important facility, widening its attacks on Russia...
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen9 Oct 2026
To be useful, an AI model has to make judgment calls. That means ranking things: deciding that this matters more than that.
TechCentralby Agency Staff9 Oct 2026
SpaceX struck a deal on Thursday to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band spectrum, moving Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company closer to mounting a direct challenge from orbit to...
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod9 Oct 2026
Anthropic is building something that looks increasingly like an office suite. On Thursday, the AI company added live data dashboards and animated video explainers to its Claude chatbot, and moved...
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen8 Oct 2026
South Africans plagued by spam calls will have to wait another seven months to use the government’s new National Opt-Out Registry, despite its launch in Pretoria on Wednesday.
TechCentralby Hollard Insurance8 Oct 2026
A trusted, frictionless experience is central to any fintech’s pitch. Without it, platforms fail.
TechCentralby Staff Reporter8 Oct 2026
LekkeSlaap, the South African accommodation booking platform and rival to Airbnb, has been sold to a consortium of local investors that includes the Dippenaar and Ferreira family offices and...
TechCentralby Contactable8 Oct 2026
I run an identity company, and I still photograph my ID on my kitchen table several times a year. A new account here, a policy there, a store card.
TechCentralby Agency Staff8 Oct 2026
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled an AI coding model that can run directly on PCs, and new security technology to prevent AI agents from accessing data without permission, challenging Apple’s push to...
TechCentralby Telviva8 Oct 2026
Many businesses adopt multiple communication channels but fail to integrate them properly. This leaves information siloed, providing an incomplete understanding of the customer’s view of the...
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