South African fintech company Yoco has officially acquired Dyner.ai, a local startup specializing in AI-driven operational software for hospitality and independent retail businesses. While the purchase price remains undisclosed, the deal marks a significant strategic milestone as Yoco’s first major corporate acquisition. Read: SpaceX successfully launches Starship V3 in performance-packed test flight The transaction signals…
The South Africa and Botswana delegation at the sixth session of the Bi-National Commission. (Image source: DSTI) South Africa and Botswana’s ministers have reinforced stronger science, technology and innovation cooperation between the nations. SA and its neighbour Botswana recently participated in the sixth session of the SA-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) where the two counterparts, professor…
Australia’s decision to restrict social media access for children under 16 has attracted global attention. Supporters argue that the measure is a necessary response to growing concerns about cyberbullying, harmful content, compulsive usage patterns and deteriorating adolescent mental health. Similar proposals are now being discussed in Europe and elsewhere. South Africa’s communications minister, Solly Malatsi…
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has announced an aggressive, two-pronged technological investment campaign totalling $15 billion. According to an SEC filing on Thursday, the computing giant will commit over $10 billion toward delivering the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029, alongside a separate $5 billion initiative to secure global open-source software pipelines. Read:…
Junaid Munshi, Eskom group executive for the distribution division. Eskom has appointed telecoms veteran Junaid Munshi as group executive for its distribution division, effective from 1 June. In a statement, the power utility says Munshi is a seasoned executive with more than three decades of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience in the technology and…
Junaid Munshi Eskom has appointed telecommunications executive Junaid Munshi as group executive of its distribution division, effective 1 June 2026. Munshi has 30 years of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience across South Africa and several other African markets. He was most recently chief commercial officer at Cable & Wireless Seychelles, where he oversaw commercial…
At Computex, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon C processor, a chip specifically engineered to power affordable Windows laptops. The move serves as a direct industry counter to Apple’s highly disruptive MacBook Neo, which redefined consumer expectations for budget notebooks at its $599 price point ($499 for students). Qualcomm is promising to deliver responsive performance, cool…
Stefan Steinle, executive VP and head of global customer support at SAP. AI is reshaping enterprise support and changing how solution providers think and operate, says Stefan Steinle, executive VP and head of global customer support at SAP, who adds that support has evolved into a strategic driver of business value. Support in this context…
Most organisations put enormous effort and financial investment into workforce engagement. Town halls are professionally produced, leadership roadshows are carefully scripted, strategy launches are timed and rehearsed. More often than not, very little actually changes after these interactions. People walk back to their desks, open their laptops and carry on exactly as before. The problem…
Samsung has announced a collaborative research initiative with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Diabetes Research Centre to investigate how wearable technology can assist patients on GLP-1 medications in managing muscle loss. The clinical study will leverage the Galaxy Watch 8, which launched last year, alongside the Samsung Health ecosystem. Researchers plan to evaluate the feasibility…
