Payment service provider Peach Payments late Friday said it has tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million, which it said was spent in the travel and tourism sector. “Peach Payments has been tracking Black Friday digital transactions data in real time throughout the day on its dashboard and has already experienced more than 80% growth…
André Steyn, format acceleration VP at Massmart. Walmart is betting on its omni-channel retail strategy to attract South African customers, rolling out a Walmart Africa mobile app built on the same global technology stack that powers the US retail giant’s global operations. The US multinational retailer, which operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores…
Eskom’s Kendal coal-fired power station. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Eskom on Friday reported profit after tax of R24.3-billion for the six months to the end of September, roughly 37% higher than the same period last year. In September Eskom reported its first full-year profit in eight years after a sudden turnaround in the performance of its coal-fired…
Nkosikhona Nkosi, chief information officer of the CCMA. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) plans to deploy a WhatsApp chatbotfor labour dispute referrals, as it eyes tapping into generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This is according to Nkosikhona Nkosi, chief information officer of the CCMA, in an interview with…
South Africa’s big three telecommunications operators have all reported numbers in recent weeks, and the theme is clear: competition in prepaid has intensified sharply. Telkom’s resurgence has put pressure on both MTN and Vodacom, with MTN acknowledging it has “discernibly” lost prepaid market share. Watch the interview This is one of the topics covered in…
Combining academia, industry and national policy, the Eskom-SANEDI Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Energy is set to solve South Africa’s energy challenges by harnessing the power of AI. The chair was established after the University of Pretoria (UP), Eskom, and the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) signed a formal memorandum of agreement (MOA)….
Oni-Tel and DPA team. Oni-Tel Fibre Networks has launched an inter-data centre fibre network in Gauteng, with Digital Parks Africa (DPA) as its first point of presence. The network, unveiled at DPA’s Midrand headquarters, connects major data centres across the province to support faster, low-latency connectivity between facilities. The company said more than 70km of…
Dado Ruvic/Reuters Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, has gone on the defensive against sceptics of its US$4.5-trillion valuation, down from an historic $5-trillion, by waging an information campaign on Wall Street and social media. Last week, the company issued a detailed memo to sell-side stock analysts with a point-by-point rebuttal of claims made by…
Dr Chris Ettmayr, renewable energy and ICT sector manager at the East London Industrial Development Zone; Magama Makgamatho, chief knowledge and digital officer at Coega Development Corporation; and Baphelele Mhlaba, acting executive manager for economic development and sector support at the Eastern Cape Development Corporation. SA’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs), historically viewed as industrial and…
Uber South Africa this week launched its first fleet of electric cars in Johannesburg. By the end of January, it plans to have 350 EVs on the city’s roads. Uber Go Electric allows commuters to pay entry-level prices like those for Uber Go, and for drivers Uber has said the EVs will improve the economics…
