A financial technology startup founded by former Capitec credit executive Jaco Carstens is building digital property records for millions of South African homes that currently lack official title deeds. Operating under the name DigiDeeds, the platform aims to monetize structured community data by providing banks, credit bureaus, and insurers with verified demographic and structural records…
First Distribution and Mimecast expanding cyber resilience across Africa First Distribution, which positions itself as Africa’s leading value-added distributor of technology solutions, today announced a new partnership with Mimecast, which positions itself as a global leader in securing humans, data and AI, to make Mimecast’s integrated cyber resilience platform available to partners across Africa. Through…
Dr Amber Anderson, Managing Director of Cristal Capital, and Mookho Kabi, Founder and CEO of AppConverge. AppConverge will participate in both HR Indaba and IT Indaba 2026, with its Gold partnership at HR Indaba featuring a People Recruit demonstration and a fireside discussion on AI and human accountability in hiring. Anyone who has worked in…
Paratus Zambia has completed Starlink installations at 18 Family Legacy schools in Lusaka, giving more than 10 000 vulnerable children high-speed, reliable internet access. The roll-out, completed in about two weeks, replaces a previous connection that was unreliable and affected by frequent outages and limited infrastructure. Traditional connectivity options are often constrained by distance from cellular…
LearnHub Plus combines digital educational resources and interactive tools, with MTN planning AI assistance to improve learning. (Image source: iStock) MTN South Africa is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) layer for its LearnHub Plus education platform, to provide learners with more personalised support and interactive learning assistance. This was announced by Storm Baatjies, senior specialist…
The e-mobility programme brings together partners from the technology, financial services, automotive and e-hailing sectors. Vodacom South Africa and SmartOps Fleet are targeting the deployment of up to 55 000 vehicles over the next nine to 12 months, in a programme combining connected-vehicle technology, vehicle finance and managed e-hailing operations. According to a statement, the…
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The openScopes AIDDiA consortium gathered for the project kick-off meeting in UCT’s IDM. (Photo source: Sizwe Tyhali) The University of Cape Town (UCT) is leading a £4.4 million (about R101 million) four-year Pan-African research programme to bring advanced microscopy and machine learning to researchers studying infectious diseases. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, UCT’s openScopes AIDDiA…
New South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane has handed five maiden call-ups to Lebone Seema, Brooklyn Poggenpoel, Yanela Mbuthuma, Puso Dithejane and Tashreeq Matthews in his final squad for the opening TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers. Mosimane has reduced his initial 35-man preliminary selection to 30 players for matches against Guinea and Eritrea,…
Discover Hyper’s latest MacBook accessories, power and connectivity solutions debuting at IFA 2026 Messe Berlin – IFA 2026 (Hall 5.2, Stand 179) – Hyper®, an innovator of mobile accessories for Apple users, creators and mobile professionals, will showcase its latest lineup at IFA 2026, designed to make everyday mobile setups more personal, portable and productive…
