307 Wikipedia on Thursday unveiled partnerships with several big tech companies including Microsoft, Meta and Amazon, marking a major step up in the non-profit’s ability to monetise tech firms’ reliance on its…
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World Bank slightly raises economic growth forecast for SA
296 The regional economy in Sub-Sahara Africa is forecast to expand by 4.3% in 2026, up from the World Bank’s previous projection of 4.1% and an estimated 4.0% in 2025. The World…
Shoppers forcing merchants to adopt new digital payment methods
325 Mpho Sadiki, MD for Payfast Whereas merchants and industry usually push digital innovation, consumers are driving merchants to innovate in online payments. The proliferation of digital tools is upending the online…
Tax frustration spills out into the open …
357 Open letter to the taxman hits a nerve, confirming systemic flaws in tax administration. A candid letter from a seasoned tax practitioner who worked for the South African Revenue Service (Sars)…
AI, automation and the agentic operating model
345 Steve Burke, is the executive for agentic automation at iqbusiness For more than a decade, automation inside banks has been used discreetly and on a distributed basis, principally for task automation….
Big solar and energy storage projects going live across South Africa
338 Several major renewable energy projects currently under construction will go live this year, according to industry organisation Sapvia. Once operational, these projects will collectively add hundreds of megawatts of new generation…
Illicit cigarette trade extinguishes British American Tobacco in SA
317 The closure of BAT threatens approximately 230 jobs in Lesedi Municipality. Will South Africans be paying more for cigarettes? This will be on the minds of smokers following an announcement that…
Why enterprises are turning to Cohesity for cyber resilience
263 Enterprise organisations face increasing data volumes, advanced cyberthreats, and higher demands for availability and recovery. Leaders are questioning whether current data resilience strategies can ensure security, governance and scalability without adding…
Nersa to redo electricity tariffs for Joburg, three other municipalities
303 Following a high court hearing that went into the evening on Wednesday (14 January), Judge Anthony Millar ordered energy regulator Nersa to redetermine the electricity tariffs applied in 2024/25 for the…
Visa moves to plug stablecoins into the global payments system
306 Visa is working to integrate stablecoins into existing payment systems, seeing an opportunity to maintain its market leadership as these tokens gain traction, Visa’s head of crypto, Cuy Sheffield, said in…