Modern life rarely slows down, and neither should your smartphone. Whether you’re navigating unfamiliar roads, capturing memories with friends or streaming your favourite content on the move, the new Huawei nova 15 Max is designed to keep up. Built around the nova series’ energetic and youthful spirit, it combines style, reliability and performance in a…
Tahir Latif, chief trust officer for EMEA at Securiti AI, a Veeam company. ITWeb, in partnership with Veeam, is conducting a survey to explore data trust, resilience and AI readiness across Africa. The survey aims to uncover how companies across the continent are approaching data visibility, recovery confidence, AI readiness, classification, access awareness, governance, regulation…
Technology Innovation Agency CEO Titus Mathe Just months after securing US$72.9-million (R1.2-billion) in a landmark settlement with shareholders of former local biotech Kapa Biosystems, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) this week revealed plans to use the funds to support local innovation projects. TIA CEO Titus Mathe, appointed to head the state-owned agency in April, told…
SpaceX’s blockbuster listing will be the biggest the world has ever seen. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson with official images) Set to be the biggest listing in the US – and the world – when it makes its debut on the Nasdaq on 12 June, SpaceX is targeting a valuation of close on $2 trillion, in…
South Africa’s convergence war has been fought on two fronts simultaneously: Mobile operators have pushed into financial services – payments platforms, digital wallets, money transfers and insurance. Banks have pushed into connectivity – mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), airtime, data the phone number as an anchor for the customer relationship. The previous two pieces in…
Yugen Naidoo, Lenovo general manager for South Africa. Amid ongoing global supply chain disruptions and a persistently challenging economic environment, Lenovo is working to sustain profitability in South Africa’s highly-competitive PC market. It is exercising tighter operational discipline, with resilient sourcing strategies and a sharpened focus on demand-driven execution. This is according to Yugen Naidoo,…
South Africa is the only country on the African continent registering any meaningful use of the latest 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum – and even its leading position barely shows up on the global scoreboard. That is the headline takeaway for the region from Ookla’s Global State of Wi-Fi 2026 report, which draws on Speedtest data from…
Within the next 12 months, Telkom must manage R4.3 billion in short-term borrowings. (Photograph: Telkom) Telkom is set to wipe 30% off its short-term interest-bearing debt on Wednesday by fully settling a R623 million maturing corporate bond, cutting that portion of its debt to R1.4 billion. The payment retires the TL31 bond, effectively an institutional…
Meta Platforms said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users. The company said its WhatsApp messaging service disrupted new spear-phishing attempts linked to NSO, an entity blacklisted by the US government…
The Avbob incident comes amid a continued rise in cyber breaches affecting South African organisations. (Image source: 123RF) Insurer Avbob has confirmed a cyber incident that resulted in the disruption of some of its services. In a statement today, the insurer confirmed the recent disruption to certain of its digital platforms and services is the…
