100 Nkosana Makate in court earlier this year The constitutional court has granted Vodacom leave to appeal in its ongoing legal battle with “please call me” inventor Nkosana Makate, meaning the case…
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Microsoft, Meta pour billions more into AI as valuation pressures mount
104 Earnings season for a handful of megacap tech firms has morphed into capex season with the AI arms race showing no signs of slowing. Focus will be on how much the…
Microsoft set to join the $4-trillion club
143 Microsoft is set to become the second company in the world to reach a US$4-trillion (R72-trillion) market capitalisation after reporting quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, sending the stock soaring…
SharePoint attackers hit another government department
96 Hackers targeted the department of planning, monitoring & evaluation in recent attacks on Microsoft’s SharePoint customers. The department confirmed the attack and said it had implemented countermeasures to isolate the affected…
South Africa opens bidding for R390-billion grid overhaul
155 South Africa is seeking proposals to shortlist bidders for a R390-billion grid expansion project to bolster the country’s energy security. The department of electricity & energy invited “experienced and committed” groups…
Government steps in to resolve SABC, Sentech tariff feud
155 The Sentech television broadcasting tower in Auckland Park, Johannesburg The department of communications & digital technologies has published a tender in efforts to mediate in the ongoing tariff dispute between the…
Meet the CIO | How Marijke Guest steered Nedbank through an IT crisis
139 When Nedbank realised early last year that its mammoth core banking overhaul and modernisation programme was going awry, it turned to Marijke Guest for help. Guest, CIO of Nedbank Corporate and…
Airports operator Acsa could enter mobile game with MVNO
89 Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) is exploring the launch of an eSim-capable mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offering that would provide connectivity services to inbound international travellers. According to Acsa, a…
TCS | Britehouse MBO: Graham Parker on what’s next for software firm
101 The recent management buyout of Britehouse from NTT Data – previously Dimension Data – has put the software development house on a new trajectory. In this episode of the TechCentral Show,…
Blockchain booms in Africa as use cases multiply
188 Blockchain technology is maturing on the African continent as use cases beyond cryptocurrency gain traction – in areas such as digital identity, payments, agriculture and data management. This is according to…