More than three months after attackers took the personal information of insurance customers from software supplier MIP Holdings, the Information Regulator is still trying to establish how many insurers and policyholders were affected – and it is working that out with MIP, not the insurers. In a written response to questions from TechCentral, the regulator…
Regulators and investors have urged urgent expansion of green finance instruments — from green bonds to sustainability-linked loans — as the key to unlocking Africa’s low-carbon transition, closing the continent’s climate finance gap and attracting global capital. The urgent need for Africa to transform sustainability commitments into measurable action took centre stage as business leaders,…
A probe by the Information Regulator into caller identity app Truecaller regarding its alleged violation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) is still ongoing, the company has confirmed. Speaking to TechCentral in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Mmathebe Zvobwo, director for market development in South Africa at Truecaller, said the company has complied with the…
Regulators have called for platform accountability, stronger legislation and improved enforcement in SA’s e-commerce industry. As South Africa’s e-commerce sector enters a new era of growth and maturity, the National Consumer Commission (NCC) is moving to tackle several challenges consumers face when making online purchases. These include misleading advertising, outdated laws, refund disputes, delivery challenges,…
Donovan Byrne, director for Africa at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Responsible and transparent deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) is under increasing scrutiny as organisations adopt end-to-end AI decisioning to improve efficiency. Regulators are focused on how decisions are made and whether AI-driven processes can be defended. This is according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions, which has examined…
The African Financial Industry Barometer 2025 depicts a sector at a technology inflection point. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) Africa’s financial sector is in the midst of a pronounced technological transformation, with digital innovation now being central to organisations’ competitive strategy. However, firms struggle to fully mature their tech adoption and face hurdles in…
The author, Luno’s Marius Reitz By the end of 2025, it had become clear, even to the most hardened sceptics, that digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were no longer on the fringe of the traditional finance system but rather embedded in global finance, investment markets and payment systems. The real question for 2026 is…
Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare South Africa’s competition authorities need to improve the speed at which they make decisions to limit the harm that drawn-out regulatory processes have on businesses, their associated industries and consumers. Speaking to the TechCentral Show in an exclusive podcast interview that will be published on Tuesday, Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare said…
A group representing the world’s biggest stock exchanges has called on securities regulators to clamp down on so-called tokenised stocks, arguing that the blockchain-based tokens create new risks for investors and could harm market integrity, a letter seen by Reuters shows. Tokenised equities are blockchain-based tokens created to represent shares in companies. The tokens represent…
