229 European Commission tech chief Henna Virkkunen. Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters Europe’s telecommunications operators will get a major boost under a European Commission proposal announced on Wednesday, allowing them to use radio spectrum for…
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An inflection point for crypto in South Africa
253 Binance South Africa’s Hannes Wessels Regulatory advances in 2025 have laid the foundation for the growth of cryptocurrencies, with their use in domestic payments and cross-border remittances expected to surge this…
No risk of load shedding after Koeberg output scaled back
214 The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom Eskom has said operations at the Koeberg nuclear power station were scaled back on Tuesday afternoon following a fault on…
Netflix drops the hammer with all-cash Warner Bros bid
207 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the US$82.7-billion price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount’s…
Bill Gates, OpenAI team up for AI health push in Africa
235 Bill Gates. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a US$50-million (R820-million) partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called…
Why cybersecurity is becoming a competitive advantage for SA businesses
211 Cybersecurity is undergoing a quiet but important shift in South African boardrooms: from a defensive cost centre to a strategic business enabler. That was the central theme of a recent TechCentral…
South Africa needs a national ‘quantum defence strategy’
206 IBM’s Q quantum computer South Africa is not paying enough attention to the threat future quantum computers could pose to cybersecurity and national key points such as water infrastructure and power…
Chinese brands tighten grip on South Africa’s used car market
216 Chery’s Tiggo 4 Pro Chinese vehicle brands are no longer just disrupting South Africa’s new-car market – they are now entrenching themselves in the used vehicle segment, long regarded as a…
Taiwan, US strike strategic AI and chip supply-chain pact
218 A TSCM fabrication plant in Taiwan Taiwan aims to build a “democratic” high-tech supply chain with the US and form a strategic AI partnership under the new tariffs deal it sealed…
AI moves from pilots to production in South African companies
243 The author, SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay From boardrooms to back offices, South African companies are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. But as pressure builds to show tangible…