160 MTN Group is pushing ahead with plans to build AI-enabled data centres in South Africa and Nigeria as part of a broader bet that the continent’s digital infrastructure needs are about…
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Why managing your Cisco Enterprise Agreement matters more than signing it
265 Software complexity is quietly eroding margins across the channel. Multiple contracts, different renewal dates, disconnected architectures, pricing uncertainty and limited visibility into consumption — for many organisations and partners, this is…
West Africa delivers big for MTN Group
185 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group has reported a sharp recovery in earnings for the year to December 2025, swinging from a loss to a profit as a dramatic turnaround…
Shoprite takes majority stake in R&A Cellular
190 Shoprite Group has acquired a majority stake in R&A Cellular, a point-of-sale platform serving South Africa’s informal retail sector, as part of a push to extend its financial services offering beyond…
Post Office on the brink of collapse
177 Communications minister Solly Malatsi has dismissed as “premature” a move by the South African Post Office’s business rescue practitioners to file for the liquidation of the embattled state-owned company, saying ongoing…
Flipping the narrative on AI in the Global South
184 In this thought-provoking episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Mpho Chitapi sits down with Dr Josefin Rosén, principal trustworthy AI specialist in SAS’s Data Ethics Practice and co-author of the influential report Constraint…
AI is coming to your accounting software
240 London-listed accounting software firm Sage has launched an AI platform it said will ease the administrative burden on small business owners across Africa and the Middle East. But it enters a…
New policy direction targets South Africa’s municipal broadband logjam
205 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Photo: Lerato Sepotokele/DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi on Thursday published a draft policy direction aimed at cutting the red tape that has long frustrated network operators trying…
Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience
187 Access to stable, reliable, high-speed internet is crucial to participating in the modern economy. Although fibre connectivity offers the highest speeds and reliability, fibre penetration rates unfortunately remain relatively low in…
How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews
195 The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger:…