Category: Tech

264 Stafford Masie Altvest Capital – soon to be renamed as the Africa Bitcoin Corporation – has appointed Stafford Masie, previously its lead independent director, as executive chairman and tasked him with…

215 China’s car makers like BYD are fast gaining traction in the South African market South Africa is in talks with Chinese car makers to encourage them to invest in local production,…

181 Float founder and CEO Alex Forsyth-Thompson South African fintech start-up Float has raised US$2.6-million (R46-million) in new funding for local expansion, to enhance its proprietary technology and to prepare for international…

191 Agnes Mlambo Eskom has purchased 20 electric vehicles, ranging from light delivery vehicles to light trucks, as it pursues a long-term plan to electrify its entire fleet. It said on Wednesday…

253 Digital challenger bank TymeBank has introduced a PayShap Request payment option that third-party payment service providers can offer to merchants to use with their clients. According to a statement by the…

203 The BYD Dolphin Surf will cost less than R400 000 in its entry-level configuration Chinese automotive giant BYD is set to shake up the local electric vehicle market with the launch…

225 Newly apppointed SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay SAP has appointed Nazia Pillay as MD of its Southern African operation. She had been serving in the role in an interim basis….

230 Fibre internet service provider Cool Ideas has launched a 5G fixed-wireless broadband service, piggybacking on Vodacom’s infrastructure and offering 1TB of high-speed data for R899/month. Technically uncapped, the wireless internet plans…

197 When Apple took the wraps off the iPhone 17 line-up on Tuesday evening South African time, the spotlight naturally fell on the new iPhone Air – its thinnest handset yet –…

231 Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared to be channelling his predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs on Tuesday when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company’s slimmest handset yet and the biggest…