It’s time to bridge the skills gap. South Africa is facing a youth unemployment crisis, with 63.9% of young people (ages 15-24) jobless (StatsSA, 2023). While many blame a sluggish economy, the real issue runs deeper – a massive mismatch between the skills young people have and those employers need. A 2023 report by the…
Instant payment systems promote transactions for everybody, without the confines of traditional bank accounts. Interoperability between mobile money and traditional bank accounts will serve as a key lever for financial inclusion for the millions of Africans excluded from payment systems. This can be further enhanced by regulatory harmonisation efforts at a regional level. These were…
Abuja — The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has urged African countries to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI), or risk been left behind in digital development. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja at the 2025 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) with the theme: “Building Continental Digital Foundations for Equitable…
Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They instantly connect us and continuously feed us information. Yet, although they broker information everywhere, the power of digital platforms remains largely invisible. They control content and harvest information from…
Jason Lane-Sellers, director of fraud and identity (EMEA) at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. SA’s youthful population and the rapid adoption of mobile payments is making it a prime target for financial crime, particularly the use of ‘money mules’ to move stolen funds, experts warn. Jason Lane-Sellers, director of fraud and identity (EMEA) at LexisNexis Risk Solutions,…
WiTechnology officially launched its digital marketplace platform in Midrand last week, bringing together female entrepreneurs, corporates and government partners to strengthen gender equity and inclusivity in the technology sector. The digital platform was unveiled during the second WiTechnology Summit. It aims to enable women-led small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) to connect with corporates, access funding…
Digital fraud is on the rise in South Africa, with the number of incidents reported by the banking sector in the 2024 calendar nearly doubling year on year. The rate of successful incidents is just as endemic, growing by more than two-thirds over the same period. This is according to the South African Banking Risk…
Stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are gaining traction worldwide, and the South African Reserve Bank has told TechCentral it is watching the developments closely as it considers if – and how – the technologies could be implemented in South Africa. US President Donald Trump last month signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation…
Donald Trump. Image: Gage Skidmore US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened countries that have digital taxes with “subsequent additional tariffs” on their goods if those nations do not remove such legislation. Sources said earlier that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc’s landmark…
Henry Adams, Country Manager, InterSystems South Africa. (Image: InterSystems) South Africa stands at a critical point in its healthcare evolution. While the vision of a comprehensive digital health record for every citizen is appealing, the reality is more complex and far more achievable if we approach it with honesty and pragmatism. Over the past decade,…
