263 MTN Group and Vodacom Group between them processed just over US$1-trillion in mobile money transactions across their most recent financial years – a milestone for Africa’s two largest telco-led fintech businesses,…
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Plan for Eskom’s municipal debt has ‘stalled’
254Eskom takeover seen as being favoured over private-sector partnerships. As the crisis of arrear municipal debt owed to Eskom deepens, a report by the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) containing proposed solutions,…
Careers people are leaving behind in 2026
247 PICTURE: PEXELS/ NURSES In 2026, the global job market continues to shift as workers reassess long-term career paths in response to AI disruption, burnout, economic pressure, and changing workplace expectations. While…
There’s an oddity hiding in South Africa’s EV market
329 Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) outsold pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) by more than two to one in South Africa last year, marking the local market out as a global outlier even…
South Africa’s operators can fix Rica
221 If South Africa’s Sim registration story played out the way we imagine it should, this would be the moment we cut to sunshine, trust and seamless onboarding. But that’s not our…
Anatomy of a reset: why the helpdesk is now the breach
241 Specops Software and TechCentral brought a room of senior executives together at the Park Hyatt Johannesburg on Thursday, 7 May, to dissect the password reset call. The verdict was uncomfortable: in…
Rica blindspot exposed
375 Ten years after its introduction, the embedded Sim (eSim) has been most transformative when used when travelling, according to a new global industry survey – a finding that carries awkward implications…
Understanding spending triggers and how to avoid themÂ
230Spending triggers are the emotional or environmental cues that prompt us to make purchases, often impulsively.  These triggers can lead to overspending, financial stress, and regret. Recognising and managing these triggers is…
Check Point swaps static rules for agentic AI
315 Check Point chief technology officer Jonathan Zanger Check Point Software Technologies, a pioneer and global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today launched its Agentic Network Security Orchestration Platform, a purpose-built autonomous agent…
Nvidia does it again
257 Nvidia CEO Jensen Juang Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday aimed to assure investors that the world’s most valuable company can keep up its blockbuster growth with the help of a…