TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za/ Technology News Leader In South Africa Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:49:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://techcentral.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-techcentral-thumbnail-for-socials-2023-32x32.jpg TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za/ 32 32 South Africa’s next broadband war may be won by a bank https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-next-broadband-war-may-be-won-by-a-bank/284862/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-next-broadband-war-may-be-won-by-a-bank/284862/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:12:26 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284862 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-next-broadband-war-may-be-won-by-a-bank/284862/feed/ 0 Bank robberies, ATM bombings collapse as criminals go digital https://techcentral.co.za/bank-robberies-atm-bombings-collapse-as-criminals-go-digital/284876/ https://techcentral.co.za/bank-robberies-atm-bombings-collapse-as-criminals-go-digital/284876/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:53:51 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284876 https://techcentral.co.za/bank-robberies-atm-bombings-collapse-as-criminals-go-digital/284876/feed/ 0 TCS | Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha on beating Starlink to South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-herotel-ceo-van-zyl-botha-on-beating-starlink-to-south-africa/284870/ https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-herotel-ceo-van-zyl-botha-on-beating-starlink-to-south-africa/284870/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:13:48 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284870 https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-herotel-ceo-van-zyl-botha-on-beating-starlink-to-south-africa/284870/feed/ 0 TCS | Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha on beating Starlink to South Africa Van Zyl Botha explains how Herotel is bringing Amazon Leo to South Africa ahead of its bigger rival, Starlink. Amazon,Amazon Leo,Evry,Fanie van Rooyen,HeroTel,Icasa,Maziv,SpaceX,Starlink,TechCentral Show,Van Zyl Botha,Vodacom,Van Zyl Botha Blu Label’s earnings just fell off a cliff – on paper https://techcentral.co.za/blu-labels-earnings-just-fell-off-a-cliff-on-paper/284866/ https://techcentral.co.za/blu-labels-earnings-just-fell-off-a-cliff-on-paper/284866/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:48:37 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284866 https://techcentral.co.za/blu-labels-earnings-just-fell-off-a-cliff-on-paper/284866/feed/ 0 AI fraud is outrunning South African banking defences https://techcentral.co.za/ai-fraud-is-outrunning-south-african-banking-defences/284855/ https://techcentral.co.za/ai-fraud-is-outrunning-south-african-banking-defences/284855/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:07:02 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284855 https://techcentral.co.za/ai-fraud-is-outrunning-south-african-banking-defences/284855/feed/ 0 AI’s hunger for capital is the next big risk to the global economy https://techcentral.co.za/ais-hunger-for-capital-is-the-next-big-risk-to-the-global-economy/284851/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:03:57 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284851 South Africa targets 2030 for its first satellite launch from home soil https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-targets-2030-for-its-first-satellite-launch-from-home-soil/284835/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-targets-2030-for-its-first-satellite-launch-from-home-soil/284835/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:52:34 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284835 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-targets-2030-for-its-first-satellite-launch-from-home-soil/284835/feed/ 0 South Africa targets 2030 for its first satellite launch from home soil UKZN’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute wants to scale commercially, with a suborbital flight targeted for 2028. Asri,Corné Schutte,Denel,Elon Musk,Glen Snedden,Jean Pitot,Mura Space,Nomalungelo Gina,Rocket Lab,SpaceX,Stellenbosch University,University of KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa satellite launch New poll undermines the case against a Starlink deal https://techcentral.co.za/new-poll-undermines-the-case-against-a-starlink-deal/284826/ https://techcentral.co.za/new-poll-undermines-the-case-against-a-starlink-deal/284826/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:56:33 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284826 https://techcentral.co.za/new-poll-undermines-the-case-against-a-starlink-deal/284826/feed/ 0 Musk’s Terafab: 1 300 Loftus Versfeld pitches under one roof https://techcentral.co.za/musks-terafab-1-300-loftus-versfeld-pitches-under-one-roof/284843/ https://techcentral.co.za/musks-terafab-1-300-loftus-versfeld-pitches-under-one-roof/284843/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:02:35 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284843 https://techcentral.co.za/musks-terafab-1-300-loftus-versfeld-pitches-under-one-roof/284843/feed/ 0 Meet the CIO | Derek Wilcocks on how AI personalised Vitality https://techcentral.co.za/meet-the-cio-derek-wilcocks-on-how-ai-personalised-vitality/284809/ https://techcentral.co.za/meet-the-cio-derek-wilcocks-on-how-ai-personalised-vitality/284809/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:43 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284809 https://techcentral.co.za/meet-the-cio-derek-wilcocks-on-how-ai-personalised-vitality/284809/feed/ 0 Meet the CIO | Derek Wilcocks on how AI personalised Vitality Discovery group CIO Derek Wilcocks on personalised Vitality, the limits of AI coding and why growth beats cost-cutting. Derek Wilcocks,Discovery,Elon Musk,Meet the CIO,NTT Data,Derek Wilcocks AI spreads at Standard Bank, but the tech bill barely budges https://techcentral.co.za/ai-spreads-at-standard-bank-but-the-tech-bill-barely-budges/284802/ https://techcentral.co.za/ai-spreads-at-standard-bank-but-the-tech-bill-barely-budges/284802/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:53:16 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284802 https://techcentral.co.za/ai-spreads-at-standard-bank-but-the-tech-bill-barely-budges/284802/feed/ 1 Inside Google’s frantic push to close the AI gap https://techcentral.co.za/inside-googles-frantic-push-to-close-the-ai-gap/284795/ https://techcentral.co.za/inside-googles-frantic-push-to-close-the-ai-gap/284795/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:54:29 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284795 https://techcentral.co.za/inside-googles-frantic-push-to-close-the-ai-gap/284795/feed/ 0 Kaspersky on how to secure a supply chain you do not control https://techcentral.co.za/kaspersky-on-how-to-secure-a-supply-chain-you-do-not-control/284819/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:01:43 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284819 Why the AI gold rush may be smaller than Eskom hopes https://techcentral.co.za/why-the-ai-gold-rush-may-be-smaller-than-eskom-hopes/284786/ https://techcentral.co.za/why-the-ai-gold-rush-may-be-smaller-than-eskom-hopes/284786/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:54:04 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284786 https://techcentral.co.za/why-the-ai-gold-rush-may-be-smaller-than-eskom-hopes/284786/feed/ 1 Sixty60 now drives more than a third of Shoprite’s growth https://techcentral.co.za/sixty60-now-drives-more-than-a-third-of-shoprites-growth/284740/ https://techcentral.co.za/sixty60-now-drives-more-than-a-third-of-shoprites-growth/284740/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:51:24 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284740 https://techcentral.co.za/sixty60-now-drives-more-than-a-third-of-shoprites-growth/284740/feed/ 0 Checkers answers Pick n Pay in the grocery AI race https://techcentral.co.za/checkers-answers-pick-n-pay-in-the-grocery-ai-race/284732/ https://techcentral.co.za/checkers-answers-pick-n-pay-in-the-grocery-ai-race/284732/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:00:35 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284732 https://techcentral.co.za/checkers-answers-pick-n-pay-in-the-grocery-ai-race/284732/feed/ 0 Checkers answers Pick n Pay in the grocery AI race Sixty60’s Pixie has learnt to hold a conversation – the one thing Pick n Pay’s Penny could do that it could not. Checkers,Checkers Sixty60,Enrico Ferigolli,Neil Schreuder,Penny,Pick n Pay,Pixie,Shoprite,ShopriteX,Pixie Checkers The payment ring winning over South Africa’s banks https://techcentral.co.za/the-payment-ring-winning-over-south-africas-banks/284776/ https://techcentral.co.za/the-payment-ring-winning-over-south-africas-banks/284776/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:43:07 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284776 https://techcentral.co.za/the-payment-ring-winning-over-south-africas-banks/284776/feed/ 1 TCS | Money just became native to the internet – Steven Boykey Sidley https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-money-just-became-native-to-the-internet-steven-boykey-sidley/284767/ https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-money-just-became-native-to-the-internet-steven-boykey-sidley/284767/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:48:30 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284767 https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-money-just-became-native-to-the-internet-steven-boykey-sidley/284767/feed/ 0 TCS | Money just became native to the internet - Steven Boykey Sidley Steven Boykey Sidley tells the TechCentral Show about x402, stablecoins and the payments layer the internet never had. Steven Boykey Sidley,Steven Sidley,Steven Boykey Sidley Big changes to Vodacom Group board https://techcentral.co.za/big-changes-to-vodacom-group-board/284751/ https://techcentral.co.za/big-changes-to-vodacom-group-board/284751/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:24:24 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284751 https://techcentral.co.za/big-changes-to-vodacom-group-board/284751/feed/ 0 Only a quarter of SA firms are running AI for real https://techcentral.co.za/only-a-quarter-of-sa-firms-are-running-ai-for-real/284770/ https://techcentral.co.za/only-a-quarter-of-sa-firms-are-running-ai-for-real/284770/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:07:18 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=284770 https://techcentral.co.za/only-a-quarter-of-sa-firms-are-running-ai-for-real/284770/feed/ 0