51 The growth of South Africa’s largest e-commerce group, Naspers-owned Takealot, supports recent forecasts that e-commerce is rapidly expanding in South Africa and will soon surpass 10% of total retail sales. In…
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Walmart takes on Sixty60 with 60-minute delivery in SA debut
58 Walmart opened its first store in South Africa on Saturday, marking the US retail giant’s debut on the African continent as it seeks a stake in a competitive market. More than…
Rob Godlonton named CEO of iqbusiness, replacing Adam Craker
58 Rob Godlonton IT services company iqbusiness, part of the JSE-listed Reunert stable, has appointed Rob Godlonton as its new CEO. Godlonton replaces long-time chief executive Adam Craker, who has led iqbusiness…
The Altron, UKG blueprint for smarter workforce management
70 Anchored in the 30-year Altron-UKG partnership, this timely webinar – led by Riyaat Phillips, senior manager for pre-sales in workforce management at Altron Digital Business, and John Rowzee, principal solution consultant,…
Google makes final court plea to stop US breakup
76 Google was set to make its final plea to avoid a breakup of its advertising technology business in a US court on Friday, as the department of justice’s antitrust case drew…
Africa bears the brunt of global ransomware attacks
72 Lorna Hardie More than two-fifths (41%) of the world’s major ransomware attacks target African organisations, despite the continent suffering a digital infrastructure deficit when compared to the developed world. This is…
Cell C listing price slashed, cutting billions off valuation
71 Cell C has cut the offer price for its imminent JSE debut, trimming as much as R3.50/share off the bottom of the original range and knocking roughly R1-billion to R3-billion off…
A third of the world is now connected to 5G
68 By the end of the year, 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 2.9 billion – about a third of all mobile subscriptions globally, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. And…
Bitcoin erases all 2025 gains in brutal flight from risk
54 Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal…
Dominic Cull on fixing South Africa’s ICT policy bottlenecks
71 Returning to the TechCentral Show is ICT regulatory expert Dominic Cull, founder of Ellipsis and regulatory advisor to the Internet Service Providers’ Association. Cull recently attended communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy…