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TechCentralTechCentralXiaomi wants to sell South Africans a lot more than phones
Phones, scooters, robot vacuums and smart TVs: how Xiaomi plans to win over South African consumers.
TechCentralMalatsi can’t use telecoms rules to curb lawful gambling, lawyer warns
A bet doesn't become unlawful because it's placed on a cellphone, says gambling lawyer Wayne Lurie.
TechCentralAI is now propping up the world economy, says IMF
AI infrastructure investment is keeping global growth at about 3%, says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva.
TechCentralFree cybercrime helpline goes live in South Africa
Victims of scams, sextortion and hacked accounts can get free, confidential guidance through a 12-month pilot.
TechCentralArt, AI and empire meet in Forest Town
A free Johannesburg exhibition asks whether AI and robotics can escape five centuries of extraction.
TechCentralThe grid cannot wait
Unbundling Eskom's transmission assets into an independent operator is the durable fix. It must happen fast.
TechCentralShoprite ranks cybersecurity as its number one risk
Cybersecurity is Shoprite’s top-ranked risk, and the only one whose controls it rates as partially effective.
TechCentralStandard Bank to take up to $200-million stake in OPay
Standard Bank will buy as much as 4.99% of Nigeria-focused fintech OPay as it files to list in New York.
TechCentralShoprite takes on the banking apps with airtime on Sixty60
Shoppers can now buy airtime, data and digital vouchers on Sixty60, with no minimum basket value.
TechCentralHow to tell telemarketers to get lost – officially
Here's how to register a block, what it costs marketers and why the new registry won't stop spam calls immediately.
TechCentralData centres are the new front line in the Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine has struck two Yandex data centres, including one housing supercomputers used to train its AI.
TechCentralWhen a machine can choose, who does it become?
Useful AI has to make judgment calls. The worry is the character those calls create, writes Fanie van Rooyen.
TechCentralW&W | LDV’s Gerhard Moolman on electric bakkies and fleets
LDV South Africa CEO Gerhard Moolman talks fleet orders, a sub-R300 000 single cab and electric bakkies with Watts & Wheels.
TechCentralStarlink is coming for your mobile operator
SpaceX is reportedly paying $8-billion for 800MHz spectrum to boost its Starlink Mobile service in the US.
TechCentralClaude is turning into an office suite
Anthropic has added live data dashboards and animated explainers to Claude, alongside docs and slides.
TechCentralSeacom CEO Alpheus Mangale quits Absa board
The resignation came a day after TechCentral reported that Seacom had placed Mangale on special leave.
TechCentralDimension Data deserves to be remembered for more than this
Dimension Data was one of South Africa's great business stories. It's a terrible shame how its history is concluding.
TechCentralYou can join South Africa’s spam registry now, but it won’t bite until May
Consumer sign-ups promised for July 2026 have slipped, leaving spam-weary South Africans waiting until next May.
TechCentralFrogfoot sees bigger fibre deals coming
Frogfoot executives tell the TechCentral Show they would rather be the acquirer than be sold as South Africa’s fibre market consolidates.
TechCentralGT Ferreira backs LekkeSlaap as founders sell up
LekkeSlaap co-founders Jonathan Womersley and Marcel van de Ghinste have sold the popular accommodation booking platform.
TechCentralThe AI PC is finally here. It’s just very expensive
A memory chip crunch means the powerful laptops needed for local AI are very expensive.
TechCentralThe memory crunch is making Samsung fabulously rich
The global memory chip crunch has handed Samsung a record $80-billion quarterly profit, the highest ever for a tech company.
TechCentralWhy fintechs need an insurance partner they can trust
Customers switch fintechs without hesitation. A credible insurance partner gives them reasons to stay.
TechCentralReusable KYC means the end of ‘please upload your ID’
Businesses keep asking customers for the same ID. Verifiable credentials could end the repetition, writes Contactable CEO Shaun Strydom.
TechCentralEliminating the ‘toggle tax’: how CRM integration changes customer experience
Integrating CRM systems with communication platforms helps businesses resolve customer queries on first contact.
TechCentralJason Goodall in bombshell confession in Dimension Data Campus saga
Former NTT CEO Jason Goodall has admitted secretly taking part in the 2019 sale of The Campus and will pay NTT R208.6-million.
TechCentral‘We will not be judged by Goodall’: former Dimension Data executives fight back
Four former executives named by Jason Goodall say his confession was dictated by NTT's settlement terms.
TechCentralSeacom CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave pending probe
Seacom's board has placed CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave while an independent investigator probes allegations.
TechCentralThe giant batteries coming to South Africa’s grid
Battery storage planned for the next decade is being brought forward because the grid is throwing away surplus power.