173 MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman MTN South Africa is targeting between R4-billion and R6-billion in savings by 2029 under a sweeping “structural reset” that its new CEO, Ferdi Moolman, insists…
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MTN Group goes all-in on platforms and AI
186 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group on Wednesday unpacked its Ambition 2030 strategy under the banner “one MTN, three platforms” – with targets to triple its fibre network, grow fintech…
More pain ahead for bitcoin investors
142 SpaceX’s much-anticipated public listing, set to be the largest ever, will likely keep cryptocurrency prices in the doldrums as retail investors attracted to new and risky AI stocks scramble to get…
Netstar turns vehicle tracking into a data play
149 Netstar, the vehicle-tracking and telematics business owned by JSE-listed Altron Group, is positioning to turn the movement data it collects from more than 2.2 million vehicles into a commercial data product…
TechCentral is looking for an experienced sub-editor
107 TechCentral, one of South Africa’s leading technology news publications, is looking for an experienced sub-editor to join our editorial team. This is an on-site role at our offices in Rivonia, Johannesburg….
Visa lays groundwork for AI payments in South Africa
166 Only 23% of South African consumers would trust an AI agent to complete a purchase on their behalf, according to new research from Visa, even as the payments company prepares technology…
More speakers, free sponsored sessions at Pan African DataCentres event
132 In just two weeks, the Pan African DataCentres Exhibition & Conference (PADC) returns to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, on 23 and 24 June. Combining a multi-streamed paid-for conference and…
BYD sets its sights on Toyota’s crown
129 Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD, on Tuesday said he expected the Chinese firm to become the world’s largest car maker within five years, as he sought to reassure investors following a…
Digital radio inches forward as Icasa seeks technical experts
116 Communications regulator Icasa has taken another step towards digital radio in South Africa, calling for nominations to a technical advisory group that will help shape how the long-delayed technology is rolled…
Built for the factory floor: inside the ASUS PE1100N edge AI computer
140 Edge AI has matured from an experimental frontier to a practical necessity, as manufacturers want real-time anomaly detection on production lines, retailers want instant customer-flow analytics and cities want smarter surveillance…