Maziv readies to scale fibre rollout after merger approval

Maziv readies to scale fibre rollout after merger approval

Maziv welcomes the Competition Appeal Court’s approval of its merger with Vodacom. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Maziv has welcomed the greenlight for its merger with Vodacom, saying the development paves the way for “major capital investment and accelerated” fibre rollout across the country. This follows last week’s decision by the Competition Appeal Court that approved…

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Zed Raises M Series B Led by Sequoia to Scale Collaborative AI Coding Vision

Zed Raises $32M Series B Led by Sequoia to Scale Collaborative AI Coding Vision

Zed Industries, creator of the high-performance open-source code editor Zed, today announced it has raised $32 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital, bringing total funding to over $42 million. The investment will accelerate development of new capabilities that enable real-time collaboration between developers and AI agents directly within code. Contextual and Collaborative…

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Africa: Turnstay Raises m to Scale Travel Payments Across Africa

African Union, in Partnership With Unicef, Convene a Validation Workshop to Scale Proven Solutions for Foundational Learning in Africa

The Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to End Learning Poverty in Africa was officially opened today. The two-day gathering, held at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa from July 22 to 23, 2025, marks a significant step forward in the collective effort to address the continent’s learning…

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The smart way to process documents at scale

The smart way to process documents at scale

Justin Ashworth, solutions executive at iOCO. Every day, businesses are flooded with information. Invoices, contracts, onboarding forms and compliance records build up quickly. Most of this data is unstructured, making it difficult to sort, search, share and use effectively. Yet many still rely on manual document handling or outdated optical character recognition (OCR) tools that…

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Making policy work at scale

Making policy work at scale

Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec. (Image: Supplied) Security and compliance don’t always speak the same language. Governance teams want certainty, structured reporting and risk reduction. Engineers, on the other hand, want control, context and freedom to operate. And according to Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec, this fundamental misalignment often becomes a…

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SA SMEs scale faster with Acumatica

SA SMEs scale faster with Acumatica

Devon Rimmington, Director at ERP and accounting software specialist, Brilliant Cloud. Growing numbers of South African SMEs are switching to Acumatica, an advanced cloud ERP solution, to replace legacy systems with complex integrations, allowing them to streamline and automate their businesses and harness new, transformative technologies. Devon Rimmington, Director at ERP and accounting software specialist,…

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Africa: Turnstay Raises m to Scale Travel Payments Across Africa

Africa: Plans to Scale Up Mental Health Leadership Courses in Africa

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is spearheading a continental Mental Health Leadership Programme aimed at equipping mental health advocates and leaders with the skills and competencies needed to address mental health challenges through a public health lens. Launched last year at two training sites–the American University in Cairo, which trained…

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