140 London-listed accounting software firm Sage has launched an AI platform it said will ease the administrative burden on small business owners across Africa and the Middle East. But it enters a…
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New policy direction targets South Africa’s municipal broadband logjam
105 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Photo: Lerato Sepotokele/DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi on Thursday published a draft policy direction aimed at cutting the red tape that has long frustrated network operators trying…
Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience
104 Access to stable, reliable, high-speed internet is crucial to participating in the modern economy. Although fibre connectivity offers the highest speeds and reliability, fibre penetration rates unfortunately remain relatively low in…
How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews
110 The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger:…
Rand slumps for second week
93 The rand weakened on Friday, heading for a second consecutive week of losses as surging energy prices fuelled by conflict in the Middle East rattled global markets and heightened inflation concerns….
Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats
106 Parliament has called for nominations to fill four vacant positions on the council for communications regulator Icasa, the department of communications & digital technologies said on Thursday. An Icasa spokeswoman told…
Adobe CEO to exit role amid AI disruption
110 Outgoing Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen Adobe’s long-serving CEO, Shantanu Narayen, will leave his role once a successor is appointed, the design software maker said on Thursday, sending its shares down over 7%…
Households still under big pressure, Altron Fintech index shows
131 The results of the Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) for the third quarter of 2025, released on Thursday, show that South African households experienced welcome — though still modest —…
UCT astronomers uncover vast hidden supercluster behind the Milky Way
108 A team led by University of Cape Town astronomers has revealed the true scale of one of the largest hidden structures in the nearby universe, using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope…
Vodacom claims African first with 254Mbit/s 5G uplink test
107 Vodacom South Africa has claimed it has achieved uplink speeds of 254Mbit/s in a test of a 5G technology it calls “SuperUpload”, which it has described as a first for the…