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South Africa’s e-commerce orders grew 47% in 2025, but nearly half of growth came from just 5% of brands, says an Omnisend study.
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South Africa’s e-commerce orders grew 47% in 2025, but nearly half of growth came from just 5% of brands, says an Omnisend study.

The update lays the groundwork for agentic workflows that shift operations from reactive to proactive, the company claims.

Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.

The Wired4Women Awards will once again recognise a worthy woman-led initiative, driving change through tech.

Eskom’s sales are expected to continue to decline as residents and businesses take control of their own power supply.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.

Breathe easier with these discounts on one of WIRED’s favorite air purifier brands, including an option for large rooms.

The crypto market has found itself in a stage where things are moving at quite a high pace, and traders are becoming more selective of where they invest their money. Solana is still a market powerhouse, but the recent price movement indicates a lack of price strength around several critical resistance areas. SOL’s price sits […]
Games Workshop, the owner and operator of a number of hugely popular tabletop war games, including Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar, has banned the use of generative AI in its content and design processes. IGN reports: Delivering the UK company’s impressive financial results, CEO Kevin Rountree addressed the issue of AI and how Games Workshop is handling it. He said GW staff are barred from...

Through Axiz, Cohesity brings enterprise-grade cyber resilience solutions to organisations across South Africa.

Banks applying 20th-century operating models to AI risk missing the scale of opportunity, iqbusiness warns.

South Africa is facing one of its biggest agricultural crises in recent history, but you wouldn’t know it from government’s complete lack of urgency or attention to detail.

Independent energy expert warns Eskom’s solar registration campaign faces mass resistance, comparing it to failed e-tolls, with legal challenges mounting over authority.

Cassim’s career spans energy, finance, consumer industries, social impact and public sector transformation.

The cryptocurrency market has been strong this past week, as some investors have been rotating their portfolios into digital currencies with clear use cases and high adoption rates. During this time, some of the digital currencies gaining popularity include Ondo and Monero. Early investors are now looking for tokens that show steady growth, strong security, […]

The independent power producer secures R1.5 billion in funding to build the next plant of its utility-scale solar development in the Northern Cape.

DeVilliers and Jaco Botha have come a long way from waiting tables at Spur and working at a video rental store to running the company that has installed more rooftop solar power in South Africa than any other.

Best Cryptocurrencies to buy now headlines will often involve established markets with high momentum levels that have future catalysts on the horizon. Present market trends reflect a renewed expression of interest at various levels of the cryptoeconomic system, where selected cryptocurrencies show technical analysis indicators before larger accumulation phases. Within this environment,...

One of the quietest ways to read the crypto market isn’t through Twitter threads or YouTube hype, it’s through whale wallets. When big money moves, patterns start to form. And right now, analysts tracking five large on-chain wallets noticed something interesting: Despite thousands of available tokens, these wallets continue to accumulate the same five assets. […]

Luminance, the global leader in Legal-Grade™ AI for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Jonty Koekemoer as VP, to lead the company’s new regional hub in South Africa and supercharge expansion across the continent amid growing demand. Luminance has selected South Africa as a regional hub due to the country’s mature and sophisticated legal […]

Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.