174 As we power through 2026, I find myself reflecting on a year of “firsts” for Acer Africa. Last year was not merely about shipping units; it was a year where we…
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Discovery Life pays R11.5 billion in claims, with cancer topping the list of causes
185 Almost half of serious illness claims are because of cancer. Annual claim statistics for Discovery Life, a subsidiary of Discovery Limited, show that the company paid at least R11.5 billion in…
The financial burden of gambling in South Africa
138 Image Credit: Pixabay As the boom in online gambling across the country gathers pace, the government is planning to hike taxes to contain addiction risks. According to Reuters, the government has proposed a national 20% tax on online gambling profits,…
South Africa wants to tax online gambling. The industry is fighting back
141 As a boom in online gambling across Africa gathers pace, governments are hiking taxes to contain addiction risks and fill depleted state coffers. In by far the biggest market, South Africa,…
Cullinan Holdings CIO Ryan Porter
138 Ryan Porter With more than 25 years in business management and over two decades leading complex IT environments, Cullinan Holdings CIO Ryan Porter has spent his career turning technology into a…
This is the last day you can watch your favourite shows on Showmax
148 Showmax originals will be moved to DStv Stream. In a bid to keep Showmax alive in some form, MultiChoice has announced that Showmax Originals will move to DStv Stream once the…
Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses
176 Most security teams can tell you what they’ve deployed. Far fewer can answer the board’s next question: are we actually less exposed than we were three months ago? In many organisations,…
Adobe faces fresh probe over subscription cancellation fees
168 Adobe’s head office in San Jose, California The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — the UK equivalent of South Africa’s Competition Commission — has launched a formal investigation into Adobe over…
Saltzman sons sell R640m in Dis-Chem shares
116 It follows the ‘gifting’ of a R6.8bn stake last year … Two sons of Dis-Chem founder Ivan Saltzman, Mark and Dan, have sold a total of R640 million in shares in…
Africa’s first Nvidia RTX Pro GPU servers have landed
139 For years, African developers, researchers, studios and AI teams have had no choice but to rent GPU infrastructure from overseas. This meant paying in dollars or euros, contending with high latency…