Pan-African telecommunications operator Paratus Group has announced that the launch of Paratus Essential Access to deliver priority connectivity to communities and emergency services across Africa. Essential services help communities thrive and flourish, but without connectivity, they cannot operate. Paratus Group is addressing this challenge head-on with their launch of Paratus Essential Access, a solution designed…
Skills-based hiring rises as AI automates routine work in the iGaming sector. (Image source: 123RF) As the global iGaming sector transitions from rapid expansion to a phase of operational maturity, hiring strategies in the sector are undergoing a significant reset. Companies are increasingly prioritising experienced technical professionals, while the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) results…
South African mining doesn’t lack strategy or plans. In many operations, it doesn’t even lack demand. What it lacks, increasingly, is consistent execution. That was the clearest thread to emerge from a recent Workday and TechCentral roundtable event with mining leaders across the C-suite. With gold and PGMs in a strong pricing cycle, the conversation…
Kelvin Nhlapo, newlyappointed GM of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa. Kelvin Nhlapo has been appointed GM of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA). Nhlapo served as the organisation’s head of business development since 2019 and acting GM from July 2025. The IITPSA provides structured pathways for ICT practitioners to…
Churn rarely arrives with a bang. It builds quietly, interaction by interaction, until a “sudden” spike forces a board-level response. At CallMiner’s executive roundtable last week, senior leaders kept coming back to the same uncomfortable idea: when customers leave at scale, it’s often less about the product and more about what happens when they ask…
AGSA audit outcomes uncover R12.1 billion-worth in ICT project issues. (Image source: 123RF) While technology is often touted as a transformative force, national and provincial governments continue to face significant challenges in ICT implementation. A report by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) has identified barriers to achieving digital transformation goals, noting that many of…
Digicloud Africa partner Synthesis is taking the lead in terms of local Google Gemini Enterprise implementations, becoming the first of its partners to deploy the latest Google Cloud AI-powered agentic platform in the whole of Africa, and implementing it for a second customer in the space of a month. Gemini Enterprise, launched last October, has…
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…
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…
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…
