THURSDAY, 30 APRIL 2026, 01:32
South Africa just celebrated Freedom Day, but it’s worth asking what financial freedom looks like in the digital age. There are about six million South Africans who remain unbanked or underbanked, according to the GSMA, but who do have access to cell phones. This is where mobile money services step in, providing a clear path […]
Limited funding is weakening economic insight and reducing the effectiveness of monetary policy and decision-making, says Stats SA.
Sporting the largest touchpad I’ve ever seen, this ambitious laptop is better in theory than in practice.
The pad will be compatible with PCs, Valve’s handheld console, the Steam Deck as well as its upcoming gaming PC.
A .digital domain is brandable, globally relevant and ideal for entrepreneurs, creators and digital-first businesses.
Safeza AVA-X will be one of eight companies globally to pitch at SelectUSA in Washington DC in the defence category.
Mawingu and Workonline are expanding inclusive internet access across East Africa.
From beauty influencers to the token political opposition, Russians are openly questioning President Vladimir V. Putin’s moves to hamstring access.
Mr. Musk’s lawsuit against Mr. Altman and OpenAI makes the case that all-encompassing greed is Silicon Valley’s defining feature.
AI does not create value by automating everything; it creates value by amplifying the critical few decisions, actions and processes that matter most, says Tertius Zitzke, Group CEO of 4Sight Holdings.
The Department of Defence wants to outsource the development, hosting and maintenance of nine websites under its purview.
WIRED spoke with Bloomberg’s chief technology officer about the big, chatbot-style changes coming to the iconic platform for traders.
Sandra Lehmann, chief actuary at Discovery Vitality, warns that relying entirely on AI risks abdicating human decision-making.
Praekelt-founded platform Turn.io has named Anthropic and ElevenLabs as partners for its 2026 health accelerator.
Weighing 97 grams with a stiff carbon-fiber plate in the sole, Adidas’ new shoes helped Sabastian Sawe beat the two-hour mark in the London Marathon, a time barrier once considered insurmountable.
Huawei South Africa’s annual Girls in ICT Day gave young women practical skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, coding, and digital entrepreneurship. The day also celebrated their role in the digital economy, not only as future participants but as young innovators who can help shape what comes next. Hosted by Huawei South Africa in […]
Smaller operators are struggling to find tenants while hyperscale operators pull further ahead, according to a new study.
What’s more important in developing effective cyber security strategies – prevention or making sure the cure is in place, in the event of a breach?
Many South Africans have viewed offshore investment as an informal insurance policy to protect their wealth, so they would move their money abroad, buy into the S&P 500 or a global tech fund, and wait for market returns plus a weakening rand to do the rest. For a long time, that delivered easy wins. Today, […]
The Trump administration says it will reimburse energy companies $885 million to cancel two planned offshore wind farms, with the firms in turn agreeing to put money into oil and gas projects instead. “The deals are modeled after a similar agreement last month with the French energy giant TotalEnergies,” notes the New York Times. “TotalEnergies forfeited its leases for two wind projects planned...
The combined platform establishes a unified, compliance-enforced execution layer for digital trade between Malaysia, Singapore, and adjacent trade corridors – connecting a national blockchain backbone with pre-execution policy governance. ZenithBlox Inc. and My Blockchain Infrastructure Sdn. Bhd. (MBISB), the entity behind Malaysia’s national blockchain initiative, today announced the...