Vodacom and MTN are strengthening their networks ahead of the festive season. Vodacom and MTN, South Africa’s largest mobile network operators, are strengthening their networks ahead of the festive season to handle the surge in holiday traffic, travel and data usage. This, as mobile operators typically experience sharp increases in voice, data and mobile money…
US trade representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa differently than other African countries if Washington extends a trade initiative with sub-Saharan Africa that expired in September. Greer told a US senate appropriations subcommittee hearing that the Donald Trump administration was open to a one-year extension of the African…
Professor Blade Nzimande, minister of science, technology and innovation. With government departments often plagued by governance issues, minister Blade Nzimande has called for a stronger focus on clean governance, socio-economic impact and transformation within the science, technology and innovation entities. This comes on the back of one-on-one engagements recently held with the boards and exco…
Greg van der Spuy shows off the Cardware wallet, which is aimed at more technically proficient users Cryptocurrency players must decrease the level of technical proficiency required for prospective users to participate in the sector to accelerate mass market adoption. This is according to Greg van der Spuy, CEO of Cardware Wallet, who was speaking…
The CEOs of MTN, Vodacom, Telkom and Blu Label Unlimited earned a combined total of R224.9 million in the most recent fiscal year. Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom, South Africa’s largest mobile network operator, is the top telco earner this year, with a total income of R71 million, inclusive of various benefits. Vodacom’s CEO is…
A Sim card is, effectively, a portable identity token. Once compromised, it gives attackers a backdoor into bank accounts, digital wallets, investment apps and high-risk transactional environments. Sim-swap fraud, identity impersonation and large-scale Sim-farm operations are no longer fringe problems; they are industrialised criminal enterprises. The Communications Risk Information Centre 2025 Telecommunications Sector Report found…
Dr. Bratin Saha, newly appointed CEO of NTT DATA AIVista, Inc. NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced the appointment of Dr. Bratin Saha as CEO of the newly established AI Company, NTT DATA AIVista, Inc., effective Dec 1, 2025. This press release features multimedia. View the full…
With a series of record highs and crushing sell-offs, 2025 has been a roller-coaster ride for bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, which is at risk of ending the year with its first annual decline since 2022. The world’s main stock benchmarks have also had a turbulent year, repeatedly hitting record peaks and then pulling back…
Emerging technologies – especially AI – can bolster crime prevention within online gambling, says LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The explosive growth of South Africa’s online gambling and betting sector means increased opportunities for criminals, with expanding sports betting, new licences and booming digital payments open to exploitation if anti-money-laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism…
Black Rock Mining’s urgent application to the high court in Johannesburg to have Nkosana Makate’s funds from his settlement with former employer Vodacom frozen has been dismissed because Black Rock failed to prove its claim that Makate intends to “dissipate” the money. In a judgment handed down on 8 December, acting high court judge Don…
