Tech Reviews
Dell and its Partners are Reshaping Enterprise AI Innovation
Reimagining the Dell Technologies Partner Program & partner experience to fuel the future of collaboration
Connectivity quality now shapes small business customer experience
Reliable connectivity has become essential for South African SMEs wanting to meet the expectations of modern digital consumers.
Africa’s path to gender economic parity has been pushed back by 50 years, but digital entrepreneurship offers a way forward
Women-led startups generate twice the revenue per dollar invested, yet receive less than 1% of venture capital in Africa
Beyond the vibe: Bridging Africa’s Build Divide with Intelligent Infrastructure
By Andrew Bourne, Regional Head, Zoho South Africa Africa has always found its own way around barriers. When fixed-line banking proved too slow and too exclusionary, Kenya did not wait for the infrastructure to catch up. It built M-Pesa instead, a mobile payments...
BBC Studios Africa June highlights
BBC Brit Grantchester Series 10 (8 episodes) From Thursday 25 June at 20:00 Popular vicar-detective crime series Grantchester returns for a landmark tenth season. It's 1962 and hope is in the air in this tenth series of Grantchester. Reverand Alphy feels embraced by...
MasterDrive South Africa – Carjackings are not going anywhere
The latest crime statistics covering the last two quarters paint a familiar picture: carjackings in South Africa show little sign of relenting. An average of 60 vehicles are hijacked every day, and the list of most-targeted vehicles and high-risk areas remain largely...
TOYOTA MATSURI SIGNALS TOYOTA’S NEXT MOVE
From rugged off-roaders to electrified SUVs, Toyota South Africa Motors used the inaugural Toyota Matsuri festival to give media, dealers, business partners and stakeholders a first-hand look at the brand’s future product direction. Held at the Kyalami Grand Prix...
Kaspersky supports INTERPOL’s operation Ramz in MENA region, resulting in over 200 arrests
Kaspersky has recently contributed its industry recognised threat intelligence data to an INTERPOL-coordinated operation Ramz, a cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The law enforcement action that brought together 13 countries*...
ICASA Approval of Licence Transfer Application of Herotel Paves the Way for National Fibre Expansion
Maziv, the parent company of Vumatel, welcomes the decision by ICASA to approve the licence transfer application of Herotel. This follows the approval of Vumatel's (Vuma) acquisition of Herotel by the Competition Tribunal in December last year. The ICASA approval...
Ford Steps Forward to Support Flood-Stricken Communities Across South Africa
Ford Philanthropy, together with disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers, is supporting emergency flood relief efforts across several provinces following severe flooding that has devastated communities in the Northern Cape, Free State, Eastern Cape and...
AI adoption accelerates worldwide, with South Africa making gains amid uneven diffusion
Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft's Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1.5 percentage points...
Bank guarantees remain key for internal trade
By Gys Wilson, Head of Product: Guarantees and Trade, FNB South Africa Trust forms the basis of every successful relationship, even more so in a business context, where if the parties to the relationship don’t perform as required, it generally results in financial...
The end of Random Acts of AI, why most organisations are still experimenting without strategy
By Dewald Lindeque There is a pattern emerging across boardrooms that is starting to look very familiar. Executives are excited about artificial intelligence. Budgets are being allocated. Pilot projects are being launched. Early results are often promising. Yet,...
A stray bullet, a damaged laptop, and a woman who refused to stop: How ASUS is helping power SA women’s potential
Resilient women are a force to be reckoned with – and South Africa has no shortage of them. They show up every day to build careers, raise families, study, start businesses and keep moving forward, even when the odds are stacked against them. But resilience shouldn't...
The Springboks Unbox the Galaxy S26 Ultra: Built for Champions
Samsung South Africa, as an official partner to South African Rugby, recently linked up with a few Springbok favourites for a fun unboxing session featuring the new Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds4 Pro and Galaxy Watch Ultra. Handré Pollard, Willie le Roux, Ruan...
Three steps to AI readiness for SA businesses
By Senzo Mbhele, managing director, Cloud On Demand AI deployments do not usually fail on the technology. They fail on what was already broken before the technology arrived: data that nobody fully trusts, governance that exists on paper but not in practice, and teams...
What banks look for in SMEs seeking growth finance
By Marko Campher, Executive for Lending at Nedbank For many established small and medium enterprises (SMEs), growth is not limited by a lack of ambition or poor demand for their products or services; it's usually limited by cash flow. A business can gain new work,...
Only 1 in 3 families fully secure their devices, Kaspersky study shows
On International Day of Families observed on May 15th, a global Kaspersky study* reveals that while 55% of respondents from South Africa talk about online safety, only 33% secure all their family devices – highlighting the need for proactivity from Family Digital...
Red Hat Launches New Developer Tools for Agentic AI
New offerings include Red Hat Desktop for building local AI agents, isolated AI sandboxing and enhancements to Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite
GoTyme Bank Turns Employees Into Owners as Growth Continues
GoTyme Bank has announced that its employees will now become shareholders in the business, a meaningful step as the bank moves into its next phase of growth. The decision comes at a time when GoTyme is evolving beyond its early days as a challenger brand, following...
