33 PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell The Competition Commission in August recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the South African Reserve Bank’s proposed acquisition of a 50% stake in payments clearing house PayInc…
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Absa turns to AWS in expanded cloud banking push
38 Banking group Absa and cloud services giant Amazon Web Services have announced an expansion of their commercial relationship that will see AWS become Absa’s “preferred cloud partner”. According to a statement…
DA calls for creation of independent Cyber Commission
44 The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach The Democratic Alliance has called for an independent Cyber Commission to be established to strengthen cybersecurity as more South Africans fall victim to banking cyberattacks. DA justice…
Critical internet arteries severed in the Red Sea – again
32 Internet connectivity in multiple countries in Asia and the Middle East has been affected by subsea cable outages in the Red Sea, according to internet monitoring group Netblocks. Reuters reported on…
Twofold Capital leads buyout of SA tax tech pioneer TaxTim
51 Digital tax assistant TaxTim has been acquired by a private consortium led by Twofold Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It said in a statement on Monday that the…
Mupita: LEO satellites here to stay – but rules must keep up
61 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita said on Friday that low-Earth orbit satellites are becoming an integral part of modern connectivity and are here stay. However, he…
Altvest to change its name to The Africa Bitcoin Corporation
54 Altvest chairman and self-proclaimed “bitcoin maximalist” Stafford Masie Johannesburg-listed investment holding company Altvest Capital is changing its name to The Africa Bitcoin Corporation as it doubles down on its strategy of…
Apple poised to unveil iPhone 17 at Tuesday keynote
75 Renders suggest this is the new iPhone 17 Pro Apple will on Tuesday hold its annual September keynote, where the iPhone 17 line-up is expected to headline proceedings. The event, branded…
The problem with vibe coding
106 Generative AI tools are driving productivity across a wide variety of industries. The technology has found a lucrative niche in software development, where programmers report an up-to-30% improvement in output. Vibe…
Provocative new Joburg art show explores AI’s role in shaping images
120 An exhibition exploring artificial intelligence and the future of images in Africa has been opened in Johannesburg. It is the debut exhibition of the newly launched Roger Ballen Centre of Photography…