ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. As an enterprise buyer, there are occasional windows of opportunity to lay in some IT products and services ahead of drought, or price spikes. We mostly get to see those in retrospect, the way we now know that early 2022 would have been an excellent time to stock up on…
Mark Zuckerberg Meta Platforms is planning its fourth overhaul of artificial intelligence efforts in six months, The Information reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The company is expected to divide its new AI unit, Superintelligence Labs, into four groups: a new “TBD Lab”, short for “to be determined”; a products team…
Image for illustration purposes only Maziv-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa said on Wednesday that an R800-million upgrade to its network is helping it put instability issues in recent years firmly behind it. The company said the upgrade, which has focused first on Gauteng, will soon expand to the rest of the country in…
South Africa is seeking proposals to shortlist bidders for a R390-billion grid expansion project to bolster the country’s energy security. The department of electricity & energy invited “experienced and committed” groups to participate in a pre-qualification process for transmission projects, it said in an advertisement. The plan is to build 14 218km of transmission lines over…
Reserve Bank govenor Lesetja Kganyago The South African Reserve Bank has released a position paper outlining how it intends carrying out its national payments ecosystem modernisation programme. According to Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago, the programme’s objectives include developing and establishing a national payments utility, increasing competition, and ensuring cash is no longer the only…
Africa is intensifying its calls for reforms to the global financial system, arguing that the current standards for accessing international concessional finance and building competitive financial institutions remain under the control of outdated frameworks that disadvantage the continent. During the African Union Commission’s 7th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting held in Malabo, AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies will host a policy colloquium soon to solicit inputs ahead of a planned overhaul of South Africa’s ICT sector legislation. Speaking in parliament on Friday, Malatsi said the goal of the colloquium will be to ensure South Africa’s policy and regulatory…
MultiChoice South Africa CEO Byron du Plessis MultiChoice is working on a huge overhaul of DStv, including revamping its channel bouquets, as it looks to stem subscriber losses in an increasingly competitive market. Key to the upcoming changes is figuring out how to attract younger viewers, whose media consumption patterns are radically different to older…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote, a perennial highlight, has revealed the next iteration of its mobile operating system. This year, the most immediate change is to the iOS naming system, aligning all Apple operating systems by year. Thus, instead of iOS 19, we jump to iOS 26, reflecting its Fall 2025 arrival. This new…
