Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

Kenya court blocks Vodacom’s purchase of Safaricom shares

The High Court of Kenya has blocked Vodacom’s acquisition of a further 20% share in Safaricom. Vodacom had agreed to buy 15% of Safaricom from the government of Kenya and 5% from Vodafone International Holdings via Vodafone Kenya. This was greenlighted on 26 June...

Branch refresh and expanding AI security drive SASE market

The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market reached $3,5-billion in 2Q 2026 and extended its run of growth above 20% year-over-year to a fifth consecutive quarter, according to Dell’Oro Group. Underneath the headline, however, the composition of growth changed...

Malware campaign targeting car head units uncovered

Kaspersky has warned of a novel Android malware targeting vehicle head units – systems combining multimedia and, in some cases, car control functions. Taking the form of a stealthy multi-stage downloader, this campaign marks the first documented case of malware...

40% of South Africans rely on social grants

New Ipsos data reveals the scale of South Africa’s reliance on social grants, with the Child Support Grant (CSG) dominating, the once-temporary Covid-era Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant becoming a lifeline for (especially) young South Africans, and a relatively...

Frogfoot, Vox, Hypa cash injection secures fibre expansion

Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa have secured a capital injection that will allow the companies quadruple their annual fibre rollout to 360 000 connected homes The new growth capital will materially accelerate the physical expansion of high speed fibre to previously underserved...

MTN starts share repurchase

The MTN board) has decided to implement a share repurchase programme. The programme will see the group buy up approximately 31-million ordinary shares for about R6-billion, based on the closing price on 21 August 2026. The repurchase programme starts today (24...

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its...

Commercial drones cruising to new heights

The global commercial drone market is expected to reach $52,06-billion by 2033 – with a projected CAGR of 9,3% from 2026 to 2033 - according to a new study from Grand View Research. The growth is attributed to the rising demand for commercial drones across various...

Deep emissions cuts possible at Secunda coal-to-liquids complex

The role of the Secunda coal-based liquid fuels and chemicals production complex within South Africa’s energy transition is heavily debated. Sasol has estimated that a rapid and unplanned shutdown of operations at Secunda could reduce the country’s gross domestic...

IBM comes closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing

In another milestone towards fault-tolerant quantum computing, IBM has successfully joined and cooled down two cryogenic modules into a single environment. The new architecture is designed to scale into the modular, shared, and ultra-cold system required to link...

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All cyberthreats are on the increase, Kaspersky warns

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything x Gitex Kenya - Africa is once again showing that it’s not afraid to innovate in a world of rapidly changing technology. Gitex Kenya last week showcased the energy that the region is known for, with a thriving ecosystem of...

PayJustNow debuts on Peach Payments’ POS device

PayJustNow is available on the Peach Payments Digit Pro POS device. Anine de Kock, head of partnerships at Peach Payments, says: “The solution announced today offers easy PayJustNow integration into existing Peach Payments POS terminals for merchants.” This is...

NEC XON strengthens Africa wireless portfolio

NEC XON has reinforced its position in the wireless connectivity market through a strategic distribution partnership with Mimosa Networks, enabling the delivery of fixed wireless access and backhaul solutions across Africa. “Mimosa has become a key part of our...

Ecentric debuts own integrated payment offering

Ecentric has launched of POSPay, a semi-white-label payment enablement solution that allows South Africa’s till vendors to offer payment services under their own brand. Through POSPay, till vendors integrate once into Ecentric’s certified acquiring and processing...

Nutanix signs sub-Saharan Africa MoU with Datamellon

Nutanix has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Datamellon, formalising a strategic collaboration with a born-in-the-cloud partner in sub-Saharan Africa. The two companies aim to support organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa as they modernise...

Dell delivers production-ready agentic AI

Dell Technologies has introduced Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a new addition to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA that gives workgroups the ability to deploy and scale agentic AI workflows locally without the cost, latency and data sovereignty constraints of cloud-only...

Horizen debuts consumer-grade NB-IoT tracker for portable assets

In the first nine months of the 2025/2026 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) recorded more than 77 000 vehicle-related theft cases, including 22 726 thefts of motor vehicles and motorcycles and 54 838 cases of theft from motor vehicles. Behind...

RMA launches digital claims platform

Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) has launched e‑CARE, a digital claims platform designed to modernise the organisation’s service delivery, streamline claims processing and enhance the experience of injured workers, employers, healthcare providers and internal teams. e‑CARE...

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