Author: Chris Anu

The Information Regulator’s Tando Luyaba (left) and Standard Bank’s Khomotso Molabe (right) won top honours at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025. Winners of the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025 were announced last night in Johannesburg, during a CIO banquet.Khomotso Molabe from Standard Bank and Tando Luyaba from the office of the Information Regulator received top honours for their contributions to advancing digital transformation in the enterprise and public sectors.The awards, judged by a panel of seasoned judges, recognise CIOs who are not only driving digital transformation in their organisations but are also shaping South Africa’s broader digital economy.The judging…

Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi said on Friday that government is changing its approach to policy formation in the telecommunications sector by incorporating more input from stakeholders in industry, academia and other sectors of society. Malatsi was speaking to guests at a telecoms industry policy colloquium hosted by the department of communications & digital technologies in Pretoria. The colloquium brought together sector stakeholders from government, industry, academia and civil society in a workshop setting to shape the policy reform agenda to be implemented. “Today marks a shift from engagement as compliance to engagement as genuine…

Dr Stanley Mpofu, CIO of Wits University. The University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed its Oracle E-Business system has been hit by a cyber attack that has compromised its system in multiple countries.”This is a ‘zero-day’ event − a cyber attack which exploits a software vulnerability that is unknown to the software vendor and has no patch. It means that the software developer has zero days to solve the problem before the attack occurs.”The university asserts that its operations continue as normal, despite the attack.Wits University CIO Dr Stanley Mpofu is working with ICT, Oracle and cyber security experts to…

Workforces everywhere are changing, and quickly. Hybrid models, rising compliance complexity, new employee expectations and relentless pressure to deliver more with less are reshaping how organisations operate. What worked yesterday might already be out of date today. That is why TechCentral, in partnership with Altron and UKG, is hosting a live webinar on 28 October 2025, titled “Adapt Faster, Manage Smarter: The New Era of Workforce Management”. It’s a one-hour deep dive into what modern workforce agility looks like and how technology can help South African businesses get there. This is not just another HR systems talk; it’s about building…

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management. Recognized as a Leader for the seventh consecutive time, CyberArk is positioned furthest in Completeness of Vision which, from the company’s standpoint, reflects CyberArk’s commitment to defining the future of privilege access management (PAM), where every identity is protected with flexible as-needed access, smart AI-driven privilege controls, and unified security across both cloud and on-premises systems. The report evaluates tools that manage privileged access for both humans and machines. The CyberArk Identity Security…

TechCentral broke the news earlier on Thursday that BYD – often called “China’s Tesla” – plans to build a megawatt-class EV charging network in South Africa. This is a significant development – and forms part of a far bigger story taking shape in China, one that promises to transform electric mobility in South Africa in the coming years. BYD plans to deploy ultra-fast chargers capable of delivering up to 1MW of power, forming the backbone of a new national EV charging network in South Africa. It will build these stations at its own network of dealerships – which it is…

Krisp, the leader in real-time voice AI technology, today announced the launch of Accent Conversion for Africa, enabling clearer and more natural conversations across the country’s customer experience (CX) sector. As one of the world’s fastest-emerging outsourcing hubs, Africa has a highly skilled, English-speaking workforce with strong cultural alignment to Western markets, positioning it as a strategic bridge for CX operations across Africa and Europe. Krisp Accent Conversion for Africa supports African English accents, including South African, Ugandan, Kenyan, and Nigerian. The launch builds on the success of Krisp Accent Conversion 3.7, which supports Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, and Latin American…

BYD executive vice president Stella Li The world’s largest manufacturer of electric cars, China’s BYD, will build a nationwide network of super high-speed vehicle charging stations in South Africa, TechCentral can reveal. BYD executive vice president Stella Li, who has been credited with leading BYD’s rapid expansion outside China, disclosed the company’s plans in an interview with TechCentral in Johannesburg on Thursday. The investment marks perhaps the biggest development in South Africa’s nascent electric vehicle industry to date and demonstrates clearly the growing ambition of Chinese automotive manufacturers like BYD in grabbing a growing slice of the local new-vehicle market,…

Global Study Finds Most SAP Customers Favor Multi-Vendor Composable ERP for Faster Innovation, Including AI Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, managed services and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced research findings around the SAP roadmap. In an in-depth study and interactive interview of 455 IT and business leaders, SAP customers voiced concerns over the push toward subscription-based S/4HANA and shared strategies business leaders are adopting to drive innovation and growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251016604661/en/Data revealed…

South Africa’s digital future hinges on how effectively its industries embrace the internet of things (IoT). From agriculture and mining to healthcare and logistics, connected devices are driving smarter decisions, greater efficiency and sustainable growth. Yet many sectors still rely on global system for mobile communications-based connectivity (2G/3G/4G) to power their IoT deployments – a choice that increasingly exposes them to operational, financial and strategic risks. With the planned sunset of legacy GSM networks by 2027 and the rise of low-power, scalable alternatives like Sigfox, the time to pivot is now. Sector-by-sector analysis Agriculture Risks with GSM IoT network advantage…