Author: Chris Anu
His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism and Chairman of TOURISE, opens the inaugural TOURISE Summit in Riyadh. With the bold ambition to rewrite the rules of travel, the inaugural TOURISE Summit under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister was officially opened today by H.E. Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of TOURISE. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251111716065/en/TOURISE ushers in a new era for global tourism, uniting ministers, delegates, and visionaries from around…
As the African continent accelerates its digital transformation, South Africa prepares to host the 28th annual Africa Tech Festival from 11 to 13 November 2025 at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. The choice of host city reflects the region’s growing reputation as Africa’s tech capital. The Western Cape – specifically Cape Town and its surrounds – has evolved into the heart of Africa’s innovation economy. The Cape Town-Stellenbosch tech corridor encompasses over 450 tech firms employing close to 40 000 professionals, supported by a network of incubators, accelerators, training providers and investors that strengthen the region’s innovation economy. Home to over…
Today, PayInc’s focus is on digital payment innovation and inclusivity. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in PayInc, formerly known as BankservAfrica.The announcement comes after the Competition Tribunal last monthunconditionally approved the merger, in which SARB would acquire shareholding in PayInc.Following the merger, the central bank now controls the primary payment clearing house system operator, authorised by the Payment Association of South Africa, for domestic payments in South Africa.PayInc’s main activity is delivering payment clearing and settlement services for South African financial institutions, such as banks. It facilitates payment transactions between payment…
MultiChoice Group, now owned by Canal+, is ramping up its turnaround strategy with a festive season campaign designed to claw back market share. The pay-television operator has launched “Thol-iUpsize”, a DStv promotion that automatically upgrades active decoder subscribers to higher-tier packages at no extra cost between 10 November and 31 December 2025. Compact Plus and Compact customers get access to Premium channels, while Family and Access customers are bumped up to Compact – a move aimed at re-energising engagement and stemming subscriber losses. What we’re doing with our Upsize campaign is part of a bigger value reset at DStv “What…
Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO. Data centre provider Teraco has completed its CT2 hyperscale data centre expansion in Cape Town, bringing the facility’s total critical IT load to 50 megawatts (MW).In a statement, the company says the expanded CT2 facility adds 32MW of new capacity delivered across eight new data halls, built over three levels, bringing the total supported IT load to 50MW.“CT2’s expansion underscores our continued commitment to meeting the demand for large, hyperscale infrastructure in Africa,” says Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO. “This facility expands Platform Teraco by providing clients with the ability to scale on demand, proven resilience, an…
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has called for a “more sophisticated” Sim card registration system for South Africa, saying criminals have learnt to “game” Rica and that the country should move towards biometric identification as a solution. Speaking to TechCentral on Monday, Joosub said the system that once positioned South Africa as a pioneer in mobile registration has now fallen behind international standards. “We were one of the first countries out of the blocks to implement Rica, but we’ve fallen behind. People have learnt to gamify the system,” he said. We were one of the…
Aptiv and Robust.AI partner to co-develop AI-powered collaborative robots (cobots), integrating Aptiv’s industry-leading portfolio—including the PULSE sensor—with Robust.AI’s robotics expertise and human-centered design. Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global technology company focused on enabling a safer, greener, and more connected future, and Robust.AI, a leader in AI-driven industrial automation, today announced a strategic cooperation to co-develop AI-powered collaborative robots (cobots). This partnership combines Aptiv’s industry-leading portfolio, including Wind River platforms and tools—with Robust.AI’s robotics expertise and human-centered design to accelerate innovation in warehouse and industrial automation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110931648/en/“Aptiv, together with our…
Almost every enterprise today claims to be “in the cloud”. You’ve likely led that charge, moving workloads, trading capex for opex and securing theoretically unlimited scaling. But the transformation promised by the cloud seems to have stopped the moment the migration ended. This is the cloud paradox: you’re paying for the cloud, but are you truly using it? When you look closer, very few companies are seeing the agility, speed or innovation they expected. Your infrastructure may be lighter, but are your release cycles still slow? Do your deployments still require endless coordination meetings? Do your teams still operate in…
BBC’s Joe Tidy will unpack the surge of teenage-led cyber crime in his ITWeb Security Summit keynote. BBC journalist Joe Tidy, known for his hard-hitting coverage of global cyber crime, will deliver a keynote at the ITWeb Security Summit, taking place from 2 to 4 June 2026 in Johannesburg.Tidy is the BBC’s first dedicated cyber correspondent, covering hacking, ransomware, online crime and surveillance for TV, radio and digital platforms. He has reported on major incidents, including the WannaCry ransomware outbreak and the activities of the world’s most wanted cyber criminal operations. His keynote: “How teenage hackers hijack the internet”, will focus…
The current state of cloud adoption often feels less like optimisation and more like “cloud chaos” – a challenge recently addressed in a high-level roundtable discussion. Hosted by TechCentral in partnership with Crayon and SoftwareOne, the event, Cloud Chaos Theory: From Spend Anxiety to Economic Clarity, brought together diverse IT leaders to explore the critical factors driving unexpected cloud costs and strategies for achieving genuine financial clarity. Crayon, a full-service consulting company, advocates for customers by providing scalable advisory services and cloud solutions designed to maximise the value of IT investments. The merger of Crayon and SoftwareOne, currently in its…