218 Gaby Magomola Digital bank Revolut has appointed former African Bank CEO Gaby Magomola as chairman of its South African subsidiary, all while the digital challenger pursues a formal banking licence with…
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Shocking news about RAM prices
235 Samsung chip factory complex in South Korea Samsung Electronics this month raised prices of certain memory chips — in short supply due to the global race to build AI data centres…
Amazon Leo steps up to challenge to Musk’s Starlink
337 The most direct competitor to Starlink, Amazon.com’s Project Kuiper, has changed its name to Amazon Leo. According to a statement on Thursday, the “Leo” in the new name refers to low-Earth…
Seize these 3 opportunities to build a digital Africa
240 Huawei’s Song Xiaodi At AfricaCom 2025, Song Xiaodi, president of Huawei’s small cell product line, delivered a keynote speech titled, “Seize Three Opportunities to Build a Digital Africa”. Highlighting the digital…
Liquid C2 shows businesses how to turn AI into real operational advantage
224 Liquid C2 and Microsoft hosted an artificial intelligence in action event with senior IT and business decision-makers recently Johannesburg is a city that measures ideas by outcomes. So, when Liquid C2…
Discovery Bank opens the crypto gates
250 Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner Discovery Bank’s Thursday announcement of a deal with cryptocurrency platform Luno, which will allow the former’s customers to trade cryptocurrencies online, is yet another sign that…
Fragmented digital IDs are slowing Africa’s fintech boom
324 Businesses that are required by law to collect know-your-customer (KYC) information are set to benefit from improved speed and reliability as digital identity systems become more commonplace in Africa. The banking,…
A new era of e-mail defence: KnowBe4 meets Microsoft
296 E-mail remains the easiest way into an organisation. Phishing, business e-mail compromise (BEC) and ransomware now arrive wrapped in convincing language, trusted brands and increasingly artificial intelligence-generated content. Security teams are…
So, will China really win the AI race?
240 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Kent Nishimura/Reuters “China is going to win the AI race,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told an AI summit in London earlier this month. The Taiwanese-born boss of…
AI in action: turning curiosity into capability
310 Liquid C2 brought together Microsoft technology and business leaders for a frank discussion about what “AI in action” really looks like For years, AI was framed as science-fiction: robots, sentient code…