280 A roof-mounted Project Kuiper terminal. Image: Amazon Regulatory hurdles in the way of Starlink’s pursuit of a local operating licence could see the SpaceX subsidiary losing the first-mover advantage it has…
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National utility could unleash payments shake-up in South Africa
224 The Reserve Bank’s plan to overhaul South Africa’s payments ecosystem should expand participation in the financial services sector by fintechs and their customers. That’s the view of payments gateway operator Peach…
Bitcoin payments a step closer to mainstream adoption in South Africa
268 Payment gateway provider Peach Payments has added bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payment options to its merchant services portfolio through a partnership with fellow Cape Town-based crypto specialist MoneyBadger. MoneyBadger enabled Pick n…
South Africa’s motoring industry is at a crossroads
249 The author, President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS South Africa has a well-established car manufacturing industry that’s more than a century old. It has proven to be one of the most resilient…
Watts & Wheels Ep 1: ‘BYD Shark 6 and the electric bakkie revolution’
263 Welcome to the machine (with apologies to Pink Floyd). This is Watts & Wheels, a new motoring show hosted by motoring journalist (and “buzzhead” – or is that “electronhead”?) William Kelly…
Huawei unleashes AI beast to take on Nvidia
257 People visit a Huawei booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China. Go Nakamura/Reuters China’s Huawei Technologies showed off an AI computing system on Saturday that one industry expert…
Taukobong cashes in after strong Telkom performance
212 Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong nearly tripled his earnings in the 2025 financial year compared to 2024, with the company’s improved performance helping bolster his remuneration….
Autistic and neurodivergent – and empowered by ChatGPT
303 For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D’hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. “I’ve never understood how people decipher social cues,” the 40-year-old director of…
Tan’s tough turnaround: Intel cuts deep to regain focus
251 Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Laure Andrillon/Reuters Intel is going to end the year with a workforce that is over a fifth smaller than last year, it said on Thursday, and new…
Announcing Watts & Wheels – an exciting new motoring show
240 This Monday, TechCentral will launch the first episode of an exciting new motoring show called Watts & Wheels. The show, hosted by motoring journalist and “buzzhead” William Kelly and TechCentral editor…