RugOne, a specialized subsidiary of rugged device manufacturer Ulefone, has officially introduced the Xsnap 7 Pro at IFA 2026 in Berlin. Setting itself apart from conventional smartphone form factors, the rugged handset features a detachable, magnetic camera module engineered to double as an independent action camera. Weighing just 39 grams, the compact, cube-shaped module captures…
Tech personality Stafford Masie. (Source: Stafford Masie) As three suspended senior figures at Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC) gear up to fight a Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) enforcement order, well-known tech personality Stafford Masie has stepped into the CEO role. With the executives suspended, Masie, an existing ABC executive director, director of Bitcoin strategy and…
The Association of Comms & Technology (ACT), which represents South Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators, wants a five-year exemption from parts of the Competition Act so they can coordinate parts of their rural infrastructure roll-out. The pitch is simple – stop duplicating infrastructure, lower the cost of deployment and reach places that remain underserved. This is…
Discovery Bank posted R370 million profit, while attracting 70% of new business from outside the Discovery Group. Discovery Bank has reported a normalised profit from operations of R370 million for the year ended 30 June 2026, marking a turnaround from the R68 million loss recorded in the previous period. The bank’s move into profitability comes…
The Competition Commission has for the first time put hard numbers on how far South Africa’s township and rural businesses are shut out of online retail, and it points to informality, missing capabilities and weak infrastructure as the main reasons. The findings appear in the commission’s inaugural Rural and Township Economy Report, launched on Thursday…
Hackers are targeting energy and water entities on a more regular basis. (Image made by GenAI) As cyber attacks on water utilities intensify, Rand Water – Africa’s largest bulk water utility – has had its network infiltrated and is still trying to determine the extent of the damage. It is now operating in a disaster…
Warren Wheatley The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has disclosed the conduct behind the debarment of Africa Bitcoin Corporation founder Warren Wheatley and two others: coordinated trading that the regulator found artificially inflated the share price of the company four years ago, when it was still called Altvest Capital. In a statement on Thursday, the…
Orange is investing in new subsea infrastructure to address rising traffic demands and strengthen Réunion’s long-term digital resilience. (Image created via Gemini) Digital infrastructure company Orange is partnering with telecoms operators and infrastructure players to develop a new submarine cable connecting La Réunion directly to South Africa. According to the company, the move is aimed…
The author, ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi Paul Colmer argues in TechCentral that the Competition Commission should refuse the application ACT has made on behalf of its members for a five-year exemption covering parts of rural network deployment. He makes his case carefully, and it deserves a direct answer rather than a restatement of our position….
Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has called for a human-centred approach to artificial intelligence (AI), emphasising that rapid technological innovation must not leave South Africa’s workforce behind. The Minister delivered the keynote address on behalf of Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the National Economic Development Labour Council’s (Nedlac) 31st Annual Summit currently…
