Payments are modernising faster than most businesses realise
Just a few years ago, most South African businesses largely thought about payments in fairly simple terms: cash or card. That no longer feels true, even for relatively small merchants, many of whom now have to accommodate QR payments, digital wallets, real-time...
Amazon debuts Prime in SA
Amazon.co.za has launched Amazon Prime in South Africa, Amazon’s membership programme that provides members a combination of unlimited free delivery, savings and entertainment benefits. Prime benefits include unlimited free same-day and next-day delivery on a wide...
Peach Payments adds Apple Pay in Mauritius
African payment service provider Peach Payments is bringing its merchants in Mauritius Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — while...
A stray bullet, a damaged laptop, and a woman who refused to stop
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...
Discovery Bank rolls out AI-powered services
Discovery Bank has announced a major expansion of its AI-powered banking capabilities, alongside new security and servicing enhancements, as well as a rewards partnership with DStv. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, says: “We are entering the next phase in...
From the spaza to the cloud: closing the digital divide
There is a story South Africa has been telling itself about the digital divide, and it is only half true. The dominant narrative frames the problem as one of connectivity: lay the fibre, lower data prices, extend mobile coverage, and the informal economy will follow....
Nissan and Red Hat co-engineer software-defined vehicles
Red Hat has announced a landmark engineering initiative with Nissan Motor Company to build its next-generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform. The collaboration would involve Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System to provide a standardised, scalable Linux...
Google opens free 2026 ‘Hustle Academy’
While generative AI is projected to add $100-billion (R1,66-trillion) to Africa’s economy annually, nine in 10 businesses on the continent say a shortage of AI skills is already hurting them. Google aims to close that gap with the return of the Hustle Academy, which...
GoTyme Bank hits 1m app migrations
GoTyme Bank (formerly TymeBank) has had more than 1-million downloads of its new app, just three months since its launch. Customers were able to transition to the new app with minimal disruption. All banking information and personal data – including accounts, balances...
Pure Electric scooters launch in SA
Core has launched Pure Electric in South Africa, introducing the electric scooter brand and expanding access to a new category of personal mobility. Through the partnership, Core will hold exclusive distribution rights for Pure Electric in South Africa. Founded in...
Advancing a unified view of service delivery for the connected citizen
For many South Africans, interacting with government still involves repeating the same process over and over again. By Ntsako Baloyi, data and AI lead, and Varaidzo Mureriwa, MD within the Health & public service business at Accenture, South Africa Whether...
Scanning your driver’s licence: POPIA risk or necessary security?
As estates, office parks and gated communities tighten their security, many South Africans are asking a new question at the boom gate: What really happens to my personal information when my driving licence is scanned? ATG Digital says the real issue is not the...