176 Just a few years ago, the local film industry was booming. South African production was at record levels and getting global recognition. We were one of the world’s darling destinations for…
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How AI decimated this Prosus company
208 Group has written off 68% of the purchase price it paid before LLMs ‘killed’ Stack Overflow The collapse in active usage of Prosus portfolio company Stack Overflow over the last three…
NEC XON achieves an African first with full Fortinet accreditation
192 Ian Kruger, NEC XON pre-sales and engineering manager Customers of NEC XON will gain access to broader and deeper enterprise cybersecurity capabilities following the company’s achievement of every available accreditation within…
Agentic AI turns automation into consequence
171 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…
New affordable lofts spark hope for Katlehong housing market
128Sebenzile 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
212 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
201 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
226 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
169 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
216 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…