Chinese brands are turbocharging South Africa’s electric vehicle shift. Generation X is emerging as a significant force in South Africa’s shift to new-energy vehicles (NEVs), with NEV finance applications from people born between 1965 and 1980 outpacing those for conventional vehicles. This is according to data from the Cars.co.za Industry Report 2026, which shows Gen…
Eskom’s plan to sell surplus electricity to cryptocurrency miners at a discount has drawn support from the crypto sector, but whether it works will depend on the size of the discount, who else qualifies and how miners are made to switch off when the grid is under pressure, says Steven Boykey Sidley, a partner at…
Amazon has unveiled a comprehensive refresh across its entire Kindle e-reader portfolio, introducing updated industrial designs, vibrant new colourways, and upgraded display hardware. The overhaul eliminates the recessed screen bezel previously found on the entry-level Kindle, establishing a uniform flush-front display design across all product tiers alongside seamless chassis colour wraps and new aluminium-backed Signature…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Simo Kalajdzic, senior operations manager at Bolt South Africa, discusses how a fatal profile-rental incident prompted the e-hailer to strengthen safety controls against driver profile sharing. #Bolt #E-hailing safety #SouthAfrica Bolt says it has paid more than R42.3 billion to driver operators in South Africa since launching in the…
GovTech 2026 GovTech 2026 marked 20 years of bringing government and the technology sector together. Hosted by the State IT Agency (Sita), the event has tracked the evolution of government technology since 2006, from connectivity and infrastructure to cloud, data, cybersecurity and shared digital services. For Huawei, the milestone was a chance to look ahead…
Bryn Davies, CEO of InfoBluePrint. Despite record investments in cloud infrastructure, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, C-suite executives across South Africa face a familiar, frustrating reality. When asking basic operational questions − such as how many active customers the business actually has, or which product line is truly most profitable − they are often met…
Frogfoot CEO Shane Chorley Frogfoot plans to keep buying small fibre network operators in South Africa’s affluent suburbs and expects larger networks to come up for sale in the next few years, CEO Shane Chorley told the TechCentral Show. Chorley said acquisitions of small fibre network operators (FNOs) in the “leafy suburbs” were another key…
Science, technology and innovation minister professor Blade Nzimande. The US funding cuts to the national system of innovation have exposed South Africa’s over-reliance on foreignresearch funding and limitations to its science, tech and innovation (STI) funding model. This, as nearly R2.5 billion in research activities and more than 2 000 research positions remain at risk,…
Norrsken22 general partner Lexi Novitske Chinese companies have built their position in African technology one layer at a time – first phones and telecoms equipment, then fintech and now the AI models that local start-ups build on. American private capital, meanwhile, is pulling back. Lexi Novitske, general partner at Norrsken22, thinks US investors will regret…
One in five hits on an advert isn’t a genuine human interaction. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Magnific) South African advertisers could be being defrauded of between R2.8 billion and R12 billion a year through programmatic online advertising, according to TruthsetsOnline.com’s analysis of local campaigns. Marc Dhalluin, co-founder of TruthsetsOnline.com, estimates South Africa’s digital advertising market…
