165 Lorna Hardie More than two-fifths (41%) of the world’s major ransomware attacks target African organisations, despite the continent suffering a digital infrastructure deficit when compared to the developed world. This is…
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Cell C listing price slashed, cutting billions off valuation
190 Cell C has cut the offer price for its imminent JSE debut, trimming as much as R3.50/share off the bottom of the original range and knocking roughly R1-billion to R3-billion off…
Sanral lifts suspensions of chief procurement officer and chief audit executive
103 But refuses to say why. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has lifted the precautionary suspensions of its chief procurement officer and chief audit executive but refused to provide any…
A third of the world is now connected to 5G
160 By the end of the year, 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 2.9 billion – about a third of all mobile subscriptions globally, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. And…
Bitcoin erases all 2025 gains in brutal flight from risk
141 Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal…
Tshwane must pay up for ‘sinkhole’ losses suffered by Crawdaddy’s
124 City claims the summons fell through ‘the cracks’ as it was being sued for seven other claims as a result of the sinkhole. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has failed…
Dominic Cull on fixing South Africa’s ICT policy bottlenecks
170 Returning to the TechCentral Show is ICT regulatory expert Dominic Cull, founder of Ellipsis and regulatory advisor to the Internet Service Providers’ Association. Cull recently attended communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy…
Nvidia’s AI empire rests on just four customers
142 Bubble? What bubble? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he does not see an AI bubble, but rather a tipping point. In his view, the kind…
New Glenn 9×4 set to dwarf Saturn V
158 A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is prepared for launch with Nasa’s EscaPade mission with two satellites to orbit Mars, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
Repo rate cut in line with economists’ expectations
143 The repo rate is now below 7% for the first time since November 2022 when it stood on 6.25% before the MPC increased it by 75 basis points to 7%. The…