ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi South Africa’s biggest mobile operators, through their industry body, will not back Icasa’s proposed biometric Sim checks and five-number cap in their current form, warning that the draft rules overlap with Rica, the existing Sim registration law, and could disrupt the industry’s own clean-up of the Sim market. The Association of…
NASA has detailed its overhauled mission architecture for Artemis 3, transforming what was originally planned as a crewed lunar landing into a complex orbital testing campaign. Under the updated framework, the agency will launch three spacecraft across three separate heavy-lift rockets from Florida within a two-week window. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq IPO The…
South Africa’s banks and cash companies say they are working with the Reserve Bank on its plan to white-label the country’s ATMs and bring privately run cash centres into a national utility owned by the central bank. Few will say what they have told it. TechCentral asked the main banks and cash-in-transit operators to respond…
SALY — Liberia has reaffirmed its commitment to liberalizing air transport services across Africa as aviation leaders and regulators meet in Senegal to advance the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) and the Yamoussoukro Decision. The Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) participated in the high-level regional workshop in Saly, where aviation authorities…
The UN Secretary-General has called for an end to the “war on nature”. On Monday, governments gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, will have to confront a more practical question: are they doing enough to win the peace and put the world’s biodiversity goals back on track? COP17, the UN Biodiversity Conference, comes at a critical halfway…
Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister of electricity and energy. Government has committed to prioritise battery energy storage systems (BESS) and gas-to-power to boost the country’s energy security. This, in line with South Africa’s plans to add more renewable energy sources to the national grid, which has been under pressure for many years. Presenting the new Section…
BMW has set out a restructuring plan on Wednesday centred on AI, management cuts and two new model launches as the German luxury automaker seeks to restore investor confidence after a string of profit warnings and a deep slump in its share price. As Europe’s car industry struggles with weak demand, Chinese competition and US…
Apple plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on 13 October with a new hub code-named J490, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company also plans to announce the first update to the HomePod mini since the device’s 2020 debut and its first new TV set-top…
An Iranian woman sentenced to death over protests earlier this year has begged the international community to save her life and those of others facing the death penalty, according to an audio message she sent from prison that was shared Wednesday by rights groups. The plea by Mahboubeh Shahbani, 33, from a prison in the…
Iran’s president says Tehran wants a deal with the U.S. before November’s midterm elections, as the regime puts an offer on the table.
