Podcast | TechCentral speaks to James Portman, founder and CEO of LightWare LiDAR, about the company’s R25-million fundraising round with Sanari Capital, whose CEO, Samantha Pokroy, joins the discussion.

Vodacom Group has a new chief financial officer. Raisibe Morathi will take on the role from 1 November, when she will also be appointed to the board as an executive director.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested the electric car maker may be able to mass produce longer-life batteries with 50% more energy density in three to four years.

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Apple was spared from having to immediately reinstate Epic Games’ Fortnite on its App Store, an early court victory for the iPhone maker in an intensifying battle over the tolls charged to app makers.

Fitbit on Tuesday unveiled a fitness tracker and two smartwatches, including one that purports to help monitor users’ stress levels, as the company’s pending sale to Google remains mired in antitrust reviews.

Promoted | There is a huge responsibility on Dark Fibre Africa to deliver digital infrastructure at scale to support South Africa’s future industrial, business, social and economic development plans. By Vino Govender.

Cape Town-based DataProphet, a major provider of artificial intelligence solutions that enable manufacturers to implement autonomous manufacturing, has raised $6-million in a new funding round.

The Democratic Alliance has accused communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams of thumbing her nose at parliament after failing to fill six council vacancies at communications regulator Icasa.

A Naspers shareholders’ meeting is, appropriately enough, more like the annual gathering of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress.