OpenAI is hoping to expand its reach in Africa with the launch of ChatGPT Go, a new subscription tier aimed at making its advanced AI tools more affordable and accessible – and for the first time, its subscription plans are priced in rands for South African users. The new plan, powered by GPT-5, offers most…
Absa will leverage Ripple’s digital asset custody technology. Big-four bank Absa has entered into a strategic partnership with Ripple, a provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, to provide digital asset custody to its customers in South Africa. In a statement, the bank says through the partnership, Absa will leverage Ripple’s digital asset custody…
Optimism over the profit potential of artificial intelligence has helped drive the US stock market to record highs, but investors are looking for weak spots that could emerge in the AI trade and have identified some risks to watch for. AI has been the dominant theme on Wall Street since the launch of ChatGPT in…
SASSA’s digital verification programme has made headway in KwaZulu-Natal. The KwaZulu-Natal regional office of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is reviewing over 180 000 social grant cases, as part of the income verification process. This came to light during the Portfolio Committee on Social Development’s week-long oversight of the KZN province, which kicked-off…
Absa has announced a partnership with Ripple under which it will adopt the blockchain infrastructure specialist’s institutional-grade custody platform to offer secure storage solutions for tokenised assets – including cryptocurrencies – to institutional clients in South Africa. The move is significant as it may mark a turning point in how traditional banks in Africa engage…
Vodacom’s rollout of advanced and latest technologies will reach Limpopo’s urban and deep rural areas. Vodacom Limpopo region has announced an investment of more than R500 million in network infrastructure for the current financial year (FY26). In a statement, the mobile operator says building on last year’s R414 million commitment, this investment reaffirms Vodacom’s commitment…
Intel has announced a new AI chip for the data centre that it plans to launch next year, in a renewed push to break into the AI silicon market. The new chip, a GPU, will be optimised for energy efficiency and support a wide range of uses such as running AI applications, or inference, Intel chief…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today unveiled visionary new products, strengthening its enterprise-grade data platform for AI innovation. As the era of AI shifts from initial pilots to mission-critical agentic applications, AI-ready data on modern enterprise-grade data infrastructure delivers the results needed for AI-driven businesses. The new NetApp AFX decouples performance and…
Spar omnichannel executive Blake Raubenheimer South Africa’s online grocery market is shifting rapidly, and Spar, which is coming from behind in the on-demand grocery delivery market, is betting big on its partnership with Uber Eats to grow its market share. What started as a limited roll-out with Uber Eats in July has turned into an…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced a collaboration with Cisco to deliver a significant evolution in converged infrastructure that builds on over 20 years of work together. The newly introduced NetApp AFX architecture now integrates with Cisco Nexus switches for intra-cluster connectivity and will soon extend to FlexPod AI. This integration…
