214 Standard Bank’s Kabelo Makeke Standard Bank said on Tuesday that it is accelerating the shift to cashless branches as it adapts its physical network to changing customer behaviour and declining cash…
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SpaceX acquires xAI in record-breaking deal
211 SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster lands during SpaceX Starship’s fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas. Kaylee Greenlee Bea/Reuters Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence start-up…
Haier plants its flag in South Africa
277 China’s Haier Group, which claims it is the world’s leading appliance and electronics brand by sales volumes, has officially launched in South Africa. Speaking at a launch event in Johannesburg on…
Meet the CIO | Inside the JSE’s tech engine with CIO Tebalo Tsoaeli
240 Technology sits at the heart of modern capital markets, and nowhere is that more evident than at the JSE. In the latest episode of Meet the CIO, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod…
How to subscribe to South Africa’s best tech podcasts
177 If you enjoy the TechCentral Show (TCS) – and more broadly, TechCentral’s thoughtful, incisive conversations with technology leaders – you might want to subscribe so you never miss an episode. TechCentral…
Privacy alarm as SpaceX opens Starlink user data to AI models
225 The entrance to the SpaceX rocket launch area in Brownsville, Texas. Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Reuters SpaceX has revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training,…
Stellar year expected for Digicloud Africa and its reseller partners
231 Digicloud Africa CEO Gregory MacLennan Digicloud Africa, Google Cloud distributor and reseller enablement partner in Africa, expects a “stellar” year ahead, thanks to a surge in positive sentiment around Gemini and…
Microsoft’s winning formula is starting to fray
185 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…
Crypto has gone mainstream – will South African regulators catch up in 2026?
147 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
178 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…