138 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella … trillions of dollars of investor wealth have been created on his watch For more than a decade, Satya Nadella’s tenure at Microsoft has been held up…
Category: Tech
Crypto has gone mainstream – will South African regulators catch up in 2026?
113 The author, Luno’s Marius Reitz By the end of 2025, it had become clear, even to the most hardened sceptics, that digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were no longer on…
agile insurance in an uncertain world
133 The insurance sector does not have a data problem. Rather, it has a decision problem. Underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud, customer engagement and capital all shape profitability, retention and regulatory outcomes, often…
Shoprite keeps Sixty60 momentum as group sales rise 7.2%
127 Shoprite Holdings’ on-demand delivery platform, Sixty60, continued its expansion in the six months to 28 December 2025, with sales via the platform rising 34.6%, significantly outpacing overall group growth. The performance…
iOCO deploys R9.6-million in fresh share buybacks
134 JSE-listed IT services group iOCO has repurchased a further 2.18 million of its own shares, continuing a buyback programme launched last year. In a voluntary statement published on Friday, iOCO —…
South Africa must defend its car industry
158 There are life and death decisions that government must make about our vehicle industry, one of the most important parts of our industrial base. It is facing a bleak future as…
Tim Cook flags memory crunch as AI chips starve smartphones
171 Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple has warned that rising memory chip prices have started to pressure profitability in the current quarter, echoing warnings from South Korean chip makers that…
Watts & Wheels S1E3: ‘BYD’s Corolla Cross challenger’
130 TechCentral’s electric car show Watts & Wheels is back for episode 3 of season 1, and while EVs remain the focus, the conversation takes a detour into something far less planet-friendly…
Fibre industry consolidation in KZN
141 Frogfoot Networks has expanded its footprint in KwaZulu-Natal through the acquisition of fibre assets built and operated by Mitsol, bringing an additional 19 000 homes onto its network. Frogfoot said integrating Mitsol’s…
Phishing has not disappeared, but it has grown up
156 The past year has marked a shift away from noisy, obvious scams towards attacks that look like ordinary business. In a recent KnowBe4 webinar, the company’s senior vice president of Threat…