Tyme Group CEO Coenraad Jonker Pressure is mounting on the minister of home affairs over a decision to impose huge increases in the fees for companies wanting to run checks against a national database for client verification. The move, which has already drawn fire from the telecommunications industry, has now been harshly criticised by Coen…
Juwi’s Prieska solar plant, with 86MW capacity. International firm Juwi Renewable Energies today announced it has signed two solar module supply agreements with JA Solar, an African solar module supplier. According to Juwi, the deal is for 420 000 solar panels for two large-scale projects totalling 220 megawatts (MW), currently being executed for key industrial…
Dominic Cull The slow pace of government machinery is likely to put a dampener on excitement about Starlink’s launch in South Africa, even if new rules around black economic empowerment are introduced. Speaking at the Wapaloza conference hosted by the Wireless Access Providers’ Association on Tuesday, Dominic Cull, a regulatory expert at communications sector legal…
Fraser Edwards, co-founder and CEO of cheqd. Global B2B communications platform, VERA, has partnered with identity and credentials infrastructure provider, cheqd, to launch a secure, verifiable messaging platform for South African businesses, aimed at combating escalating cyber threats, particularly phishing and business e-mail compromise (BEC) attacks. Founded in 2024, VERA integrates advanced encryption, identity verification and role-based…
Tyme Group CEO Coenraad Jonker Pressure is mounting on the minister of home affairs over a decision to impose huge increases in the fees for companies wanting to run checks against a national database for client verification. The move, which has already drawn fire from the telecommunications industry, has now been harshly criticised by Coen…
Capital Appreciation CEO Bradley Sacks. Fintech group Capital Appreciation today announced strong results for the year ended 31 March, growing revenue to R1.25 billion. The group says its businesses demonstrated resilience in the face of a challenging economic environment by effectively growing revenue and managing expenses. Its payments and software divisions have attracted new clients,…
Capital Appreciation’s payments division showed strong growth in the year ended 31 March 2025, leading to overall growth for the group despite challenges in its software division. According to JSE-listed Capital Appreciation’s annual results on Tuesday, terminal sales grew 41% year on year, with payments-related income up 19% compared to the previous year, driving group…
Justin Mackenzie, Managing Director, VO Connect. (Image: Supplied) South Africa’s digital economy is accelerating fast. With a projected 92% increase in national data centre capacity by 2030, rising from 501.1MW to 962.4MW, according to Africa Data Centres, businesses across sectors are demanding faster, more reliable internet connections than ever before. However, there’s a bottleneck that…
This is the third episode of a new podcast series curated by TechCentral’s editorial team and generated by artificial intelligence tools. It’s an experiment that’s in beta for now, but if it works well, we’ll consider making it a regular feature by launching a season 1. In this episode, we highlight some of the biggest…
Noma Games, specialist business development manager at Altron Digital Business. ITWeb’s survey on trends around the adoption of cloud by South African organisations, being conducted in partnership with Altron Digital Business and Microsoft, has gone live. The survey delves into the state of current cloud adoption within South African companies. It also looks at productivity…
