82 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…
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New affordable lofts spark hope for Katlehong housing market
62Sebenzile Lofts brings 21 affordable, modern rental units to Katlehong, offering hope for the housing market and empowering local communities. The local housing landscape in Katlehong saw a significant shift as the…
MTN Group in talks to buy out IHS Towers
110 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…
South Africa secures $8 billion from Afreximbank – here’s what it will be used for
98 South Africa has formally joined Afreximbank as a Class A shareholder. African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the continent’s biggest trade bank, has committed an $8 billion (about R128 billion) financing package for…
Estonia’s digital ID lesson for South Africa
93 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…
Trump signs Agoa into law for another year and SA is included – so far
88 Although the US president did not delete any names of countries before he signed Agoa, het can still do it, an economist says. United States (US) President Donald Trump signed Agoa…
Vodacom leans on Africa growth as SA remains under pressure
130 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…
Please Call Me legal funders head to arbitration to secure 40% of Vodacom payout
82 They’ll be going alone. Makate’s legal team says the agreement they are relying on was the result of fraud. Nkosana Kenneth Makate’s original legal funder, Black Rock Mining, has asked the…
South African fintech Lula lands R340m to scale SME working capital
100 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
94 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…