South Africa’s banking MVNOs were conceived as a defensive weapon. Banks watched mobile operators build payments platforms, accumulate transaction data and push into financial services from the connectivity side. The mobile virtual network operator was the answer: own the mobile relationship, generate behavioural data between transactions and build switching costs that make the customer harder…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks via video stream with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Microsoft’s Build developer conference. Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters Microsoft has announced a sweeping slate of AI initiatives, from autonomous workplace assistants and gadgets to Nvidia-powered PCs and a new in-house reasoning model, in a push to move beyond apps and remake computing around AI….
Discover moreAfrica Travel GuideCyber Security ServicesZimbabwe News SubscriptionIOL South Africa’s Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has moved to tighten control over the employment of foreign nationals in the country through proposed amendments to the Employment Services Act. The draft Employment Services Amendment Bill, which has been gazetted for introduction in Parliament, will allow the…
South Africa is introducing its first targeted intervention on children’s digital exposure, though it remains narrow in scope. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube informed Parliament that the department is developing national screen-time guidelines for children aged two to six to protect the development of language, attention, memory, and social skills. Read: Yoco acquires Dyner.ai to…
Want to be a young retiree – or just have more financial freedom? Here’s 5 steps to set you on the right path. At some point, you’ve probably thought about it. How good it would feel to start your mornings unhurried, enjoying your perfectly brewed flat white in peace, without the crushing pressure to open…
President Trump has postponed a Cabinet meeting at Camp David scheduled for Wednesday. Mr. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday that his Cabinet will instead meet at the White House on Wednesday, citing “possible bad weather conditions.” Showers and possible thunderstorms are forecast in the region of Maryland that includes Camp David. A White…
The National Gambling Board previously classified up to 31% of online betting in South Africa as problematic. However, a recent industry survey of 100 decision-makers at the 2026 SiGMA Africa iGaming Conference in Cape Town suggests a shift in priorities, with 37% of respondents identifying responsible gaming (RG) tooling as a top technical focus area….
QR payments and request-to-pay services are expected to accelerate PayShap’s expansion into daily retail transactions. South African instant payments platform PayShap is shifting its focus beyond peer-to-peer transfers, as it pushes to expand adoption across merchant payments, e-commerce and everyday transactions. According to a statement, the next phase of growth for the real-time payments platform…
Ian Engelbrecht, EMEA field CTO at Veeam Software. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Traditional cyber resilience was built for human-speed threats. But in an era defined by AI agents, autonomous execution and emerging quantum risks, organisations must rethink what “recovery” truly means. This is according to Ian Engelbrecht, EMEA field CTO at Veeam Software, speaking to…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has appointed an independent panel of AI researchers, lawyers and governance specialists to rebuild South Africa’s draft national AI policy, a document he was forced to withdraw last month after academic citations in its reference list turned out to have been fabricated by a generative…
