A sharply weaker rand and surging global chip prices are set to push tech costs sharply higher in South Africa.
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GoMetro plans to begin operating its eKamva electric minibus taxis on Cape Town routes from October.
HealthBridge CTO Anton Fatti discusses how AI is reshaping medical practices – and why the doctor-patient relationship must come first.
A new paper by the Reserve Bank argues that South Africa’s market-driven approach to open banking is limiting in its reach.
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OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2 with stronger intelligence and coding capabilities amid intensifying competition from Google.
BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi is clear-eyed about the challenges and the opportunities facing the South African IT services provider.
South Africa doesn’t need to copy/paste the Australian ban, but it does need a coherent national strategy for child safety online.
Time magazine named the architects of AI its “Person of the Year”, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines.
Vodacom South Africa has given its post-paid customers notice that it will increase prices at above inflation.
Sebenza’s partnership with Toyota is going to speed up activation as the taxi Wi-Fi service scales nationwide.
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Namibia has ordered Starlink to cease all operations, saying the service is operating without the required licence.
Offshore hackers stole R305-million from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.
The shadow of the 2021 crypto bubble still hangs over much of the sector.
Elon Musk’s meteoric rise to the top of US politics as efficiency tsar is generating high anxiety in Europe.
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms seems like a great business on paper. So, why have investors dumped its shares?
Creativity defines us as human beings – and seemingly defies the cold logic that lies behind the silicon curtain of machines.

































