76 Enterprises face a simple truth: the connectivity function is no longer a support, but a strategy. Mobile networks underpin every distributed team, IoT device and data-driven decision. Yet as mobile estates…
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Crypto markets reel as bitcoin slides
86 Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70 000 level on Thursday as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency showed no signs of stopping. Bitcoin fell 2% in…
SA tech graduates arrive in jobs unprepared as skills gap widens
97 South African companies are paying to train newly hired tech graduates because universities are not supplying the digital skills employers need. As employers continue to shift hiring towards proven skills and…
Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations
89 The introduction of digital payments for the estimated 10 million South Africans who use minibus taxis daily is central to industry body Santaco’s efforts to propel the industry into the digital…
Starlink considers building its own phone
93 Elon Musk. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters With a SpaceX public listing expected this year, the company has plans for its revenue-generating Starlink business that could expand its reach into new markets, including a…
fibre-like broadband for South African homes
88 Vox, a specialist provider of top-class internet and voice solutions for homes and business, has announced the launch of Vox Kiwi Home Wireless. The new consumer broadband service delivers a fibre-like…
South Africa is losing its film industry
84 Just a few years ago, the local film industry was booming. South African production was at record levels and getting global recognition. We were one of the world’s darling destinations for…
NEC XON achieves an African first with full Fortinet accreditation
91 Ian Kruger, NEC XON pre-sales and engineering manager Customers of NEC XON will gain access to broader and deeper enterprise cybersecurity capabilities following the company’s achievement of every available accreditation within…
Agentic AI turns automation into consequence
82 At a recent TechCentral executive roundtable co-hosted with Clickatell, the conversation on agentic AI moved past tooling to something more important: consequence. Agentic systems don’t just assist humans. They take actions…
MTN Group in talks to buy out IHS Towers
110 MTN Group said on Thursday that it’s in advanced discussions to acquire the shares in IHS Holdings that it does not already own, a move that would see the mobile operator…