2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (471+ words) Standard Bank has come out in defence of a market-led approach to open banking in South Africa that the Reserve Bank recently criticised, while the fintech industry is calling for more regulation. In March, the Reserve Bank released a working…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (603+ words) South Africa's electric vehicle market is failing to grow and Audi says import taxes and a lack of consumer incentives are largely to blame, with the premium segment declining in full battery electric sales last year. That was the message…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (682+ words) The consensus a year ago was that Apple had fumbled the AI moment. Apple Intelligence launched late, shipped half-baked and the promised "new Siri" has been delayed for years. And yet, look at where the company finds itself in April…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (471+ words) Telecommunications infrastructure theft and power outages continue to hold back connectivity in South Africa, with the cost burden on mobile and fibre operators more than doubling in a year. According to communications regulator Icasa's latest State of the ICT Sector…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (269+ words) MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has been awarded conditional shares worth nearly R40-million under the telecommunications group's long-running performance share plan, the company disclosed on Tuesday. In a notice to shareholders published on the JSE's stock exchange news service, MTN…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (436+ words) Bill Ackman's Pershing Square on Tuesday proposed merging its acquisition vehicle with Universal Music Group with a plan to list in the US in a deal aimed at reviving the world's biggest music label's value. Pershing Square's cash-and-shares offer values…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (704+ words) A Cape Town start-up has powered an entire Netflix production base camp on the sun for six months, with no diesel generator running the main site " and at roughly the same cost as renting a conventional generator. Cinergy Mobile Power…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (328+ words) Endeavor South Africa has announced the final close of its Harvest Fund III at R230-million, bringing together institutional investors and founder capital to back later-stage technology companies across South Africa and the broader continent. The rules-based co-investment vehicle invests alongside…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (402+ words) South African enterprises are not putting enough effort into understanding quantum computing and how it could either threaten or benefit their businesses. That's according to Phumzile Madonsela, director at the African Quantum Consortium (AQC), who told Tech Central in a…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (223+ words) Open AI has urged the California and Delaware attorneys-general in the US to consider investigating Elon Musk and his associates" "improper and anticompetitive behavior" ahead of a trial between the two sides set to begin this month. Musk sued Open…...