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Road safety readiness: Altron HealthTech partner Promed24 gears up for busy Easter weekend, adds primary healthcare to its services

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

Road safety readiness: Altron HealthTech partner Promed24 gears up for busy Easter weekend, adds primary healthcare to its services. South Africa’s roads are notoriously busy over the Easter season, which unfortunately makes this a high-risk period for increased road traffic accidents. Promed24 – a specialist in emergency care (EC) unit management – has prepared for…

Four astronauts begin humanity’s return to the moon

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Nasa’s Artemis II lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Steve Nesius/Reuters Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on Nasa’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the US’s boldest step yet towards returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race…

Bank Zero, Paymentology forge partnership

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

Paymentology has become Bank Zero’s alliance partner. (Image source: 123RF) Global card issuer-processor Paymentology has partnered with Bank Zero, to deliver digital banking and financial services in South Africa. Based on a zero-fee banking model, Bank Zero launched to the public in August 2021. In June 2025, it was announced that fintech group Lesaka Technologies…

South Africa’s spam call crisis

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Your phone rings. It’s an unknown number. You stare at the screen, let it ring out and wait to see if a WhatsApp message follows. Sound familiar? You’re not alone – and you’re part of a growing problem for South Africa’s mobile operators. The reflex to reject or ignore unfamiliar callers has become so deeply…

Melon Digital secures global eSIM deal

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago03 mins

Calvin Collett, CEO of Melon Digital. Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) platform Melon Digital has announced a partnership with global eSIM provider Airalo, to enable international visitors to South Africa to access mobile services – without the need for physical SIM cards or roaming plans. Melon Digital offers an MVNO platform-as-a-service to other MVNOs. Melon…

Gaping holes in South African government cyber defences

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Nearly two-thirds of South African government entities assessed by the auditor-general have notable weaknesses in their cybersecurity defences, with penetration testing revealing that multiple government environments were breached during the 2024/2025 financial year. The findings are contained in the Auditor-General South Africa’s consolidated general report on national and provincial audit outcomes for 2024/2025, which paints…

Draft AI policy approved for publication for public comment

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago02 mins

Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says Cabinet has approved the publication of the draft South Africa AI policy for public comment. Image source: DC Studio from Freepik The aim of the AI policy is to ensure that both the benefits and risks brought by AI are evenly distributed across society and generations. During a…

Networks emerge as critical bottleneck in AI adoption

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

President Ntuli, managing director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise South Africa. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) South African organisations risk undermining their AI ambitions if they fail to modernise their networks, according to executives from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Speaking at an event in Rosebank yesterday, President Ntuli, MD of HPE South Africa, and Mandy Duncan, country…

EV charging start-up Charge bypasses JSE for token-based raise

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago07 mins

Charge chairman Joubert Roux Off-grid EV charging infrastructure company Charge (formerly Zero Carbon Charge) is planning a public investment offering in the coming months, bypassing the JSE in favour of a token-based exchange called Mesh. Joubert Roux, the company’s founder, revealed the plans in an interview with TechCentral on Wednesday and said Charge is currently…

Upskilling initiatives and 10,000 scholarships

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

A new partnership between government and the private sector is set to equip thousands of South African students with critical digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills aimed at improving their chances of securing future employment. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the Department of Higher Education and Training and Google South Africa, will expand…