African start-ups are building on Chinese AI models as US private capital retreats, says Norrsken22’s Lexi Novitske.
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Three months on, the Information Regulator is still establishing how many insurers the MIP breach affected.
Executives warn next-generation vehicle platforms could bypass South Africa despite a new EV tax break.
Check Point’s Adam Ely says rogue AI agents are already a problem inside ordinary companies, not only at frontier AI labs.
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South Africa’s financial services sector regulator has debarred Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Warren Wheatley.
South Africans will spend R159-billion online this year, but the growth rate is set to fall from 35.4% to 22.5%.
Canal+ is redrawing its DStv bundles, moving M-Net down-tier and offering sport as a separate choice.
Teraco used 399GWh of electricity in 2025, three times its 2021 figure, with a new solar facility now due to come online next year.
Woolworths grew online food sales 18.3% while Checkers Sixty60 managed 34.7% off a far larger base.
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is so capable it needs extra safety measures before launch.
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Meta will dethrone Google as the world’s biggest digital advertising player by the end of 2026, Emarketer says.
A hacker group has pulled a GTA-style heist on Rockstar, claiming 78.6 million records lifted via third-party Anodot.
Social media platforms need to stop young users wasting hours doomscrolling, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
