South African owners of Hisense smart TVs have gained access to a dedicated 24/7 free-to-air sports channel, SportsCast Africa, integrated directly into the manufacturer’s proprietary VIDAA operating system. Available natively via the platform’s TV Channels feature, the service provides continuous sports coverage without requiring a paid subscription, user registration, or additional app downloads. Read: ASUS…
South African businesses have spent years investing in apps, websites, call centres and chatbots. Mobile behaviour, digital convenience and the demand for immediacy have outpaced what those tools can deliver. Agentic AI is stepping into that gap. Across retail, e-commerce, logistics, hospitality and travel, agentic AI is changing how customer conversations work, and South African…
Christo Coetzer Enterprise-grade threat detection, long the preserve of large organisations with substantial security budgets, is becoming available to South Africa’s smaller businesses through the technology channel. Cloud On Demand has signed a distribution agreement with cybersecurity specialist BlueVision to bring its Fusion Cloud service to its network of channel partners and the mid-market clients…
Natasha Oosthuizen, GM of sales at Tarsus Distribution, won the 2026 Wired4Women Channel Achiever Award. The ICT channel has always been a tough environment for doing business. Natasha Oosthuizen, GM of sales at Tarsus Distribution, says the pressure now comes from several fronts: profit margins are tightening, vendor ecosystems are growing more complex and global…
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Mena Migally, regional VP for EMEA East at Veeam. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services and cyber security technologies is changing how technology partners position themselves in the market. Distributors expect the channel to play a bigger role in helping companies navigate increasingly complex environments. Speaking at the Veeam ProPartner Summit last…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has backed a proposal to extend South Africa’s real estate investment trust (Reit) regime to digital infrastructure – a reform the sector has long argued could unlock billions of rand in capital for fibre networks, mobile towers and data centres. “While we work on stabilising…
Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies. SA’s already volatile ICT channel has entered a phase where pressure is no longer cyclical but structural, says Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies. “Traditionally, the channel has moved through cycles. Demand softens, supply tightens, then things correct. What we’re seeing…
Traci Maynard, ICT channel and partnership specialist. I’ve spent my entire career working with partners across the tech spectrum − navigating the endless cycle of vendor portals, deal-reg hubs and battlecards before lunch. From that vantage point, I’ve watched the managed service provider (MSP) evolve from a simple reseller into the quiet backbone of the…
Meet the women driving success in SA’s ICT channel. The 2026 Wired4Women Awards culminate on 16 April with the announcement of the winners. The Wired4Women Awards is an initiative of the Wired4Women Forum and ITWeb Brainstorm, with Telkom as the lead sponsor. It was introduced in 2024 to recognise excellence across 13 categories, from rising…
