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Netstar partners with Sunshine Tour to drive South African golf excellence through data intelligence

eriinfo.com1 hour ago06 mins

Vehicle tracking and telematics leader partners to explore performance analytics for professional golf. Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron and leading provider of vehicle tracking and telematics solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with the Sunshine Tour to develop enhanced golf performance analytics and tracking capabilities together. The strategic partnership aims to support South African golfers…

Budget 2026: Comms ministry outlines expenditure, staff increases

eriinfo.com3 hours ago04 mins

Communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) will see its staff complement strengthened, as it seeks to fill vacant posts. The move, says the DCDT, is in line with a targeted succession planning, retention and development programmes. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget at Cape Town…

South Africa puts data centres on par with energy, ports in big policy shift

eriinfo.com5 hours ago08 mins

Teraco’s JB4 data centre in Gauteng Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has for the first time placed data centre infrastructure on the same footing as electricity, ports and transport networks, signalling a significant policy shift as South Africa attracts tens of billions of rand in investment from global hyperscalers racing to build cloud computing capacity. In…

Network rankings shape SA telco ad strategies

eriinfo.com7 hours ago09 mins

MTN’s December advertising surge contrasted with Vodacom’s sustained spend, reflecting different strategies. South Africa’s mobile network operators pumped more than R700 million into advertising in the second half of 2025, underscoring shifting network narratives and strategic repositioning across the local telecoms industry. This is according to the Telecoms Adspend and Trends Report, compiled by research…

Blu Label resumes dividends as it draws line under Cell C saga

eriinfo.com9 hours ago08 mins

Blu Label Unlimited Group co-CEO Brett Levy Blu Label Unlimited Group has declared its first interim dividend in eight years, signalling it is finally putting the long and costly Cell C chapter behind it. The group, formerly known as Blue Label Telecoms, declared an interim dividend of 43.56c/share for the six months to end-November 2025,…

Digital trust is critical infrastructure for Africa’s digital future

eriinfo.com11 hours ago08 mins

Marcelo Vieira, Partner, KPMG South Africa and Darren Lentz, Digital Trust Lead, KPMG. Digital trust is the invisible contract that lets people, businesses and governments rely on digital systems for critical interactions. Without it, digital public infrastructure (DPI) – the shared digital rails for payments, identity and data exchange – cannot scale or deliver the…

Stripe mulling bid for PayPal: report

eriinfo.com13 hours ago03 mins

Payments firm Stripe is considering an acquisition of PayPal or parts of the digital payments pioneer, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (paywall), citing people familiar with the matter. Stripe, which is privately held and is among the industry’s most valuable companies, has expressed a preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of PayPal or its assets,…

Malatsi throws weight behind Dell’s EEIP application

eriinfo.com15 hours ago04 mins

Communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has recommended the approval of Dell Technologies’ equity equivalent investment programme (EEIP) application. The application was made to minister Parks Tau, in his capacity as executive authority at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), which facilitates and is the final arbiter for…

African firms are all in on cloud and AI

eriinfo.com17 hours ago07 mins

There is a striking disconnect between ambition and execution when it comes to artificial intelligence and cloud adoption among African businesses, according to a new PwC survey. The consultancy’s 2025 Africa Cloud Business Survey found that 91% of respondents consider agentic AI capability a critical factor when choosing a cloud services provider. Yet only 37%…

Fire at Cape Town International Airport hits IT services

eriinfo.com19 hours ago03 mins

Cape Town International Airport is the primary gateway to South Africa’s Western Cape and the country’s second-busiest airport. (Image: 123RF) A fire that broke out at Cape Town International Airport has impacted IT services at the facility. In a statement, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says: “Cape Town International Airport confirms that a fire occurred…