134 Just a few years ago, the local film industry was booming. South African production was at record levels and getting global recognition. We were one of the world’s darling destinations for…
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NEC XON achieves an African first with full Fortinet accreditation
148 Ian Kruger, NEC XON pre-sales and engineering manager Customers of NEC XON will gain access to broader and deeper enterprise cybersecurity capabilities following the company’s achievement of every available accreditation within…
Agentic AI turns automation into consequence
130 At a recent TechCentral executive roundtable co-hosted with Clickatell, the conversation on agentic AI moved past tooling to something more important: consequence. Agentic systems don’t just assist humans. They take actions…
MTN Group in talks to buy out IHS Towers
157 MTN Group said on Thursday that it’s in advanced discussions to acquire the shares in IHS Holdings that it does not already own, a move that would see the mobile operator…
Estonia’s digital ID lesson for South Africa
158 Digital identity has become economic infrastructure across the globe. For South Africa, which could begin rolling out its own digital IDs for citizens later this year, whether they drive inclusion or…
Vodacom leans on Africa growth as SA remains under pressure
176 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group on Wednesday posted a nearly 13% rise in third‑quarter service revenue, driven by solid growth across its African operations, particularly in Egypt and the…
South African fintech Lula lands R340m to scale SME working capital
155 Trevor Gosling, co-founder and CEO of Lula Lula has secured R340-million in local currency funding from Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO. This investment will help expand access to finance for micro,…
Most business owners don’t worry about IT
139 The author, SevenC MD Graeme Millar Most small business owners don’t think about IT as often as they do about customers, cash flow, staff, suppliers and deadlines. IT sits quietly in…
Why cloud projects fail – and how three days can fix this
148 Many journeys to the cloud hit a wall because of culture, not technology. Industry data suggests that up to 70% of cloud adoption friction is non-technical, instead being affected by organisational…
XLink raises the bar for mission-critical networks
165 XLink has set the benchmark for enterprise-grade connectivity in South Africa, announcing a full 12 months of proven uninterrupted network uptime throughout 2025. This milestone achievement underscores XLink’s position as a…