Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave pending probe
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·4d ago
Seacom’s board has placed CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave and appointed an independent third party to investigate allegations it received about how the company was being run, chairman Pieter...
30 years of Hisense in South Africa: inside the Atlantis factory
TechCentralby Hisense·4d ago
Hisense South Africa is marking 30 years in the country this October, a milestone that traces the company’s growth from its first overseas subsidiary into one of its most significant global...
Four Microsoft dates before February: the cost is in the calendar
TechCentralby Ascent Technology·4d ago
Key takeaways - Nothing will say price increase – Between July and February, four dated changes decide what the Microsoft estate will cost, through list pricing, billing cadence, currency policy...
Paratus Namibia launches Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO connectivity
TechCentralby Paratus Group·4d ago
Paratus Namibia has launched Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service in Namibia.
Jason Goodall in bombshell confession in Dimension Data Campus saga
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·5d ago
Jason Goodall, the former group CEO of Dimension Data and NTT Ltd, has admitted that he secretly took part on the buying side of the 2019 sale of Dimension Data’s Johannesburg head office while...
The giant batteries coming to South Africa's grid
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·5d ago
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced a determination for 9.6GW of new capacity, made up entirely of battery storage and gas-fired power, with no new wind or solar, to tackle a...
South Pole neutrino hunter wins Nobel Prize in Physics
TechCentralby Agency Staff·5d ago
Belgian-American scientist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for creating an observatory in Antarctic ice that detects high-energy neutrinos, elusive subatomic particles that...
Why South Africa's biggest drone isn't flying for the country
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·5d ago
Four years after Milkor earmarked five of its 380 drones for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), South Africa has still not bought one.
Why laser technology makes sense for small businesses
TechCentralby MaxLaser·5d ago
One of the biggest challenges when starting a small manufacturing business is deciding what to sell. Investing in equipment designed to manufacture a single product can be risky.
Human-centred design: the business case for simpler enterprise software
TechCentralby BBD·5d ago
Our experience designing enterprise software at BBD has shown that systems rarely fail because they lack features. More often, they fail because they ask too much of users.
Nersa wants five-year ban on automated electricity trading
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·5d ago
Energy regulator Nersa wants to keep fully automated trading off South Africa’s new wholesale electricity market for its first five years.
South African boardrooms are about to get a lot less private
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·5d ago
Anyone at your next board meeting could already be recording it on a phone left face down on the table.
FNB launches crypto trading
TechCentralby Staff Reporter·6d ago
First National Bank has launched cryptocurrency trading on its share trading platform, in partnership with local crypto exchange VALR – but customers will not be able to move their coins off it.
Meta met Information Regulator over its camera glasses
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·6d ago
South Africa’s Information Regulator met Meta Platforms in September, when the company demonstrated its camera-equipped smart glasses to the privacy watchdog.
iONLINE launches Sydney breakout point, expanding its global network core
TechCentralby iONLINE·6d ago
For many global deployments, connectivity remains reliant on centralised network paths that add latency, limit visibility and make even simple network changes painfully slow.
Sam Altman: the world should accept 'some bad things' from AI
TechCentralby Agency Staff·6d ago
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks, and argued that the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public.
Pothole bounty app wins Wits hackathon
TechCentralby Tinashe Mazodze·6d ago
A platform that lets residents crowdfund repairs to potholes and illegal dumping sites has won this year’s Wits Social Good Hackathon, with the winners announced on Friday at the Wits Science...
The board now owns the database
TechCentralby Ascent Technology·6d ago
Key takeaways - The word is accountable – Principle 10 does not ask the board to receive reports on data.
Right to repair comes to South African electronics
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·6d ago
The Competition Commission has warned makers of smartphones, appliances and other electronics that blocking independent repairers, including through software that stops replacement parts from...
Luno says crypto draft may clash with SA's IMF commitments
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·6d ago
Luno has opened a new front against draft cross-border crypto rules from national treasury and the South African Reserve Bank, arguing that they treat stablecoin payments inconsistently with South...
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