168 Global mobile money transactions surpassed US$2-trillion in 2025, doubling in just four years, according to the GSMA’s latest State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money. The mobile telecommunications industry body…
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Durban’s finance leaders are done with AI theatre
162 Finance teams are not short of dashboards, automation tools or AI pilots. What they are short of is time and confidence. Time to close, time to forecast, time to interrogate variance…
The conflict of interest at the heart of PayShap’s slow adoption
172 Imagine it’s 2036. Unemployment has been halved, business confidence is robust, and millions of small and medium-sized enterprises are powering sustainable growth. South Africa finally looks like a country realising its…
FirstRand ups stake in Optasia in R1.5-billion deal
160 Banking group FirstRand has increased its shareholding in JSE-listed fintech Optasia to 26.1% after acquiring an additional 6% stake in a deal worth about R1.48-billion. The banking group purchased 74.1 million…
Defend your cloud with Altron Digital Business
173 As organisations accelerate their digital transformation journeys, cloud adoption has become central to agility, innovation and scale. But as workloads move beyond traditional data centres into hybrid and multi-cloud environments, the…
The MSP stack is collapsing under its own weight. AI is forcing a reset
206 Managed service providers (MSPs) have always dealt in complexity. What’s changed is how that complexity now behaves: it doesn’t merely slow delivery; it quietly multiplies cost and risk. Many providers are…
Jury finds Meta enabled child exploitation
193 A US jury has found Meta Platforms violated New Mexico state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney-general, who accused the company of misleading users about the safety of…
Why South Africa’s technology leaders choose TechCentral
198 If you’re a CIO, CTO or technology decision maker in South Africa, the publication you read matters. It shapes how you think about strategy, risk and opportunity. It signals to your…
Truecaller cooperating with Info Regulator’s Popia probe
188 A probe by the Information Regulator into caller identity app Truecaller regarding its alleged violation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) is still ongoing, the company has confirmed. Speaking…
Why Namibia slammed the door on Starlink
161 Namibia declined licence applications from Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for failing to satisfy ownership and compliance criteria, the country’s telecommunications regulator said on Wednesday. A notice in the Southern…