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      South Africa's AI policy is a bureaucrat's dream - Solly Malatsi

      South Africa’s draft AI policy is a bureaucrat’s dream

      10 April 2026
      Big Tech is going nuclear

      Big Tech is going nuclear

      10 April 2026
      Microsoft is sacrificing Edge on the altar of Copilot

      Microsoft is sacrificing Edge on the altar of Copilot

      10 April 2026
      5G expected to reshape South Africa's wireless broadband market

      5G expected to reshape South Africa’s wireless broadband market

      10 April 2026
      Warning that South Africa's digital competitiveness is in retreat

      Warning that South Africa’s digital competitiveness is in retreat

      10 April 2026
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      Anthropic mulls building its own AI chips

      Anthropic mulls building its own AI chips

      10 April 2026
      DeepSeek V4 to run on Huawei silicon as China builds its own AI stack

      DeepSeek V4 to run on Huawei silicon as China builds its own AI stack

      4 April 2026
      Amazon in talks to buy satellite operator Globalstar

      Amazon in talks to buy satellite operator Globalstar

      2 April 2026

      Apple plans to open Siri to rival AI services

      27 March 2026
      It's official: ads are coming to ChatGPT

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      23 March 2026
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      Africa switches on as Europe dims the lights

      9 April 2026
      The biggest untapped EV market on Earth is hiding in plain sight

      The biggest untapped EV market on Earth is hiding in plain sight

      1 April 2026
      The R18-billion tech giant hiding in plain sight - Jens Montanana

      The R16-billion tech giant hiding in plain sight

      26 March 2026
      The last generation of coders

      The last generation of coders

      18 February 2026
      Sentech is in dire straits

      Sentech is in dire straits

      10 February 2026
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      TCS+ | Vodacom Business moves to crack the SME tech gap

      7 April 2026
      TCS | MTN's Divysh Joshi on the strategy behind Pi - Divyesh Joshi

      TCS | MTN’s Divyesh Joshi on the strategy behind Pi

      1 April 2026
      Anoosh Rooplal

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      27 March 2026
      Meet the CIO | HealthBridge CTO Anton Fatti on the future of digital health

      Meet the CIO | Healthbridge CTO Anton Fatti on the future of digital health

      23 March 2026
      TCS+ | Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses - Clare Loveridge and Jason Oehley

      TCS+ | Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses

      19 March 2026
    • Opinion
      The conflict of interest at the heart of PayShap's slow adoption - Cheslyn Jacobs

      The conflict of interest at the heart of PayShap’s slow adoption

      26 March 2026
      South Africa's energy future hinges on getting wheeling right - Aishah Gire

      South Africa’s energy future hinges on getting wheeling right

      10 March 2026
      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback - Duncan McLeod

      Apple just dropped a bomb on the Windows world

      5 March 2026
      R230-million in the bag for Endeavor's third Harvest Fund - Alison Collier

      VC’s centre of gravity is shifting – and South Africa is in the frame

      3 March 2026
      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback - Duncan McLeod

      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback

      26 February 2026
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    Romeo Kumalo to launch tech investment firm, sources say

    By Loni Prinsloo5 November 2018

    Former Vodacom Group executive Romeo Kumalo has started a tech-focused South African investment firm and aims to raise as much as R2.9-billion in an initial public offering next year, sources say.

    Blue Label buys back huge chunk of its own shares

    By Staff Reporter5 November 2018

    Blue Label Telecoms, taking advantage of its low share price, has bought back almost 3.5% of the company’s issued share capital, it said on Monday.

    TalkCentral: Ep 240 – ‘Is Apple pricing itself out of the market?’

    By Duncan McLeod5 November 2018

    On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Apple’s new iPad Pro models, the new MacBook Air and the new Mac mini – and ask: is Apple pricing itself out of the market?

    Apple cancels production boost for iPhone Xr

    By Agency Staff5 November 2018

    Apple has told Foxconn and Pegatron to halt plans for additional production lines dedicated to iPhone Xr, the Nikkei reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

    Huawei to build cloud data centre facility in South Africa

    By Duncan McLeod5 November 2018

    Chinese ICT giant Huawei will build a data centre facility in Johannesburg to provide public cloud services, becoming the latest multinational after Microsoft and Amazon.com to unveil such plans.

    Adapt IT to buy mobile specialist Conor Solutions for R80-million

    By Duncan McLeod5 November 2018

    JSE-listed Adapt IT said on Monday it will acquire mobile technology specialist Conor Solutions for R80-million.

    Tencent to check all gamers’ IDs in unprecedented move

    By Agency Staff5 November 2018

    Naspers affiliate Tencent will expand its age-verification system to encompass its entire games line-up, an unprecedented undertaking in response to growing criticism it encourages addiction among youngsters.

    Facebook’s fake news problem is far from solved

    By Agency Staff5 November 2018

    Although Facebook may have tamped down on hoax news in the US, bigger problems remain, driven by the viral nature of shocking content.

    Gov't to help SA's motoring industry transition to EVs

    The $6-trillion barrier holding back electric cars

    By Agency Staff5 November 2018

    An estimated $6-trillion is theoretically needed to build the infrastructure that electric cars need such as charging stations and power networks. That’s about 7.5% of the world’s GDP.

    TechCentral’s top 5 podcasts in October – what did you miss?

    By Duncan McLeod4 November 2018

    TechCentral’s interview with newly appointed EOH Holdings CEO Stephen van Coller was the publication’s most popular podcast in October 2018, according to statistics from platform partner iono.fm.

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