Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse joins the TechCentral Show to share the story of the telecommunications group’s rise from small beginnings in Angola and Namibia more than 20 years ago and how it became one of Southern Africa’s biggest ICT infrastructure players. Paratus started life in Angola in 2003, evolving from a local internet…
Sandile Dhlomo, head of Ericsson South Africa. Ericsson has named Sandile Dhlomo as its new head of Ericsson South Africa, effective 1 September 2025. He will report to Majda Lahlou Kassi, who leads the Ericsson West and Southern Africa market area. In a statement, the company said Dhlomo will also be a member of the…
Vodacom South Africa CEO Sitho Mdlalose Vodacom said on Wednesday that it has become the first company in South Africa to operationalise virtual wheeling fully in South Africa as it moves to minimise its reliance on Eskom’s coal-fired energy supply. Built with Sola Group, an independent power producer, the solution allows Vodacom to procure renewable…
The investigation will scrutinise whether contracts were fair, competitive, transparent, equitable, or cost-effective. The beleaguered State IT Agency (SITA) is facing yet another probe, this time over its involvement in National Treasury’s integrated financial management system (IFMS) project. This, as the scope of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU’s) investigation of the IFMS tender has been…
TymeBank CEO Karl Westvig TymeBank customers will soon be able to apply for their ID and passport documents in the banking app or via the fintech’s 1 000-plus branded kiosks at Pick n Pay, Boxer and TFG stores around South Africa. This follows an agreement between TymeBank and the department of home affairs, which have had…
Seseko, in partnership with Microsoft, has successfully completed a Girls in ICT Bootcamp in Zeerust, North West, empowering 1,000 female students from four schools: Zeerust Combined School, Mokgakala High School, Mathews Mangope High School, and Suping Primary School. The programme was met with overwhelming excitement and enthusiasm from the learners, who were highly receptive to…
Sitho Mdlalose, CEO of Vodacom South Africa. Vodacom has fully operationalised its virtual wheeling project, marking a step forward in the company’s energy transformation journey. Virtual wheeling of electricity is a mechanism that allows electricity generated in one location, often from renewable sources like solar or wind, to be credited to a customer at a…
Silicon Valley loves to talk about disruption. However, some of the most significant educational disruptions happening right now aren’t coming from San Francisco; they are coming out of Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos. In a quiet yet powerful shift, African-founded education platforms are beginning to address real-world problems. They do so in ways that Western models…
South African edtech company, The Invigilator, has secured over R195m in international equity investment to support its global expansion strategy. The Invigilator team and Kaltroco team | image supplied The newly secured funding will be used to enhance the platform’s AI-powered capabilities, support multilingual functionality, expand operational teams in key global markets, and strengthen partnerships…
Google DeepMind is launching a new AI world model called Genie 3, which can generate interactive 3D environments in real time. This new version promises significant improvements, including longer play sessions and the ability to “remember” where objects are placed within a virtual space. Read: Google Deepmind launches Genie 3, an AI video model that…
