International guest speaker and tech advisor Ross Saunders. Organisations in SA must be proactive about compliance. This is vital even as they use fast-moving new technologies to innovate and compete in increasingly risky environments. This was the message from technology experts at the ITWeb GRC 2025 event in Bryanston, Johannesburg this week. Global trends are…
Netflix is actively exploring a bid for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming business, retaining a financial advisor and gaining access to financial information, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The video streaming service has hired Moelis & Co, the investment bank that advised Skydance Media on its successful bid for Paramount Global,…
The demand for data science talent is growing fast, as AI becomes essential to how companies operate. Zindi, an online network of professional data science talent, says the growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) by African businesses has seen it register 92 000 data practitioners on the platform since inception. Launched in September 2018, Zindi…
MTN Nigeria Communications CEO Karl Toriola MTN Nigeria has delivered a sharp turnaround in the nine months to 30 September 2025, restoring positive retained earnings and shareholders’ equity and declaring an interim dividend as service revenue and profitability surged. The operator grew total subscribers 11% year on year to 85.4 million, with active data users…
Gradesmatch, an education technology company transforming how African students prepare for work, has achieved double-digit growth in the past year, a rare feat in a sector known for long sales cycles and slow adoption of new solutions. Backed by the MultiChoice Innovation Fund, Gradesmatch was initially created to serve the most vulnerable, aiming to address…
Candice Solomons, Business Executive: Data & Analytics at iOCO. As organisations move from disparate proofs of concept (POCs) to enterprise-wide AI deployments, it is crucial for them to build high-quality, properly governed data foundations to ensure that their AI investments deliver the expected operational benefits, business value such as long-term efficiency, and ROI. This is…
Emerging markets fintech Optasia has confirmed it will list on the JSE at a valuation of R23.5-billion following the closing of its bookbuilding period on Thursday. The company – backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan – confirmed that its share offer closed at the top end of the R15.50 to R19/share range…
MTN MoMo South Africa and Mastercard expanded their partnership to provide additional digital financial services and improve access to the digital economy across the country. Image supplied The collaboration added functionality to the MoMo Wallet, allowing users to fund their accounts using debit and credit cards via Mastercard’s Payment Gateway (MPGS). The integration aims to…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Jalusi Tech MD Thandiwe Shema details her start as a tech entrepreneur, reaching a target of employing 80% women in tech roles, adding more solutions to their product suite and how her company is helping small businesses innovate and plug in their digital gaps. With two new solutions –…
Remember walking into a grocery store 15 years ago? You’d see a mix of people at the till, some with cash pulled from purses or wallets, others with cheques or debit cards, often leading to clunky delays at checkout. There was no tap-to-pay, no mobile wallets and no seamless apps linking bank accounts to phone…
