305 Datatec group CEO Jens Montanana JSE-listed international ICT group Datatec has flagged a sharp jump in earnings for its 2026 financial year, with headline earnings per share (Heps) expected to come…
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Joburg wants households to pay 66% more to receive water
325 Opaque fixed ‘water demand management levy’ to increase significantly in July. The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has proposed a 65.6% increase for the water demand management levy charged to households each…
The AI revolution has a new capital
256 Just as the world’s AI bulls looked to be running out of puff, a fresh investor frenzy has hit Asia’s tech names, making Seoul’s stock market the world’s hottest and delivering…
Hexion deploys 30 petabyte sovereign data archive in South Africa
311 Hexion Data Storage, a next-generation distributed data storage platform, has announced the deployment of a 30 petabyte deep archive storage platform in South Africa, marking one of the largest privately operated…
Altron’s FY26 earnings seen firmer as platforms power growth
253 JSE-listed Altron has firmed up its earnings guidance for the year ended 28 February 2026, with headline earnings per share (Heps) from continuing operations now expected to rise by 31-37% —…
Bitget Wallet expands crypto card availability to South Africa
372 Designed for practical utility, the Dollar Card bridges the gap between digital asset custody and daily commerce. Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, today announced the expansion of its crypto card…
Lesaka lifts full-year earnings guidance
336 Lesaka Technologies chairman Ali Mazanderani Dual-listed fintech Lesaka Technologies has swung to a net profit in its third quarter and raised its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance, as growth in…
South Africa risks losing a generation of developers to AI
379 The integration of AI into software development is not merely another industry trend. It represents a fundamental restructuring of how technology is built, who builds it and how engineering talent is…
Why Africa is uniquely placed to leapfrog the world on cybersecurity
389 Armand Kruger, head of cybersecurity at NEC XON South African organisations, particularly those responsible for critical infrastructure, need to rethink their reliance on legacy “trusted network” approaches. “It’s a major systemic…
We’re hiring: TechCentral is looking for technology journalists
335 TechCentral is hiring. We’re looking for high-calibre technology and business journalists who understand South Africa’s ICT sector and want to produce original, authoritative work — not aggregation, not churn, not clickbait….