A single interactive display is the new standard in classrooms and boardrooms. Something has changed in how South African rooms are being equipped, and it has happened faster than the channel has adjusted to. Classrooms are being refitted without projectors. Boardrooms are being rebuilt without the cupboard of components, the separate camera, the ceiling microphones,…
Absa CEO Kenny Fihla with home affairs minister Leon Schreiber Absa and the department of home affairs have launched South Africa’s first bank-based mobile unit for smart ID renewals — a vehicle that will take identity services directly into remote, peri-urban and underserved communities, starting in Gauteng. The unit, unveiled at Absa’s Tembisa branch on…
Marchant van den Heever, Head of Product at Change Logic. It is Monday morning, and the programme steering committee is reviewing another transformation update. The milestones are on track, training has been completed, communications have gone out, system performance is stable and the dashboard is green. Then someone asks the question that changes the room:…
For many CIOs and technology leaders, the greatest cloud challenge today is continuity. Across Africa’s banking, insurance, fintech and public sectors, digital services have become mission-critical. Customers expect real-time transactions, always-on access to apps and seamless digital experiences. Governments rely on cloud-based platforms to deliver citizen services, while businesses depend on cloud infrastructure to run…
Cross-border payments underpin the flow of value across the global economy. (Image: Lumepay) Lumepay has officially brought its cross-border payment solutions to market, purpose-built for African SMEs, corporates and financial institutions doing business and transacting globally. It arrives with a clear goal: to deliver end-to-end cross-border payment solutions powered by stable infrastructure, dependable rails and…
South Africa’s informal economy is heading for a wave of formalisation in which spaza shop owners become multi-store entrepreneurs and cash all but vanishes from the townships, according to Shop2Shop founder and CEO Peter Berry. Speaking on an investor call on Wednesday, hours after Pepkor announced it would merge its Flash business with Shop2Shop to…
South Africa is still a cash-based economy, says Optasia. (Image source: iStock) Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fintech company Optasia is stepping up its push into South Africa, betting that AI-driven credit scoring can unlock financial services for millions of people who remain underserved by the country’s formal banking sector. Speaking to ITWeb in an interview yesterday,…
Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Airtel Africa announced on Thursday it had picked the London Stock Exchange for the listing of its mobile money business due later this year. “We believe a London listing will provide access to a broad international investor base and support our ambition to unlock the long-term value of one of Africa’s leading fintech…
Rogue AI cases will become more frequent and dangerous. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | GenAI & Magnific) Artificial intelligence (AI) is mimicking dubious human behaviour – even if unintentionally – by escaping test environments to hack companies or blackmail people as the models seek to complete set tasks in any way possible. This unintentional rogue behaviour…
Airports Company South Africa is preparing to add AI chatbot functionality and augmented reality navigation to its mobile app as the state-owned airports operator works to turn the software into a genuine travel companion – and to get more travellers actually using it. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Thursday, Acsa chief technology officer…
