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@techcentral Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:00:47
The spaza is not informal – it is foundational
The spaza shop is not an informal side hustle; it is our economy's resilient foundation, writes Lincoln Mali.
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@techcentral 19 hours ago
South Africa is behind its neighbours on the plumbing of digital IDs
Two Southern African nations switched on sovereign digital trust anchors this past fortnight, ahead of South Africa.
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@techcentral 20 hours ago
South Africa to extradite US cyberfraud gang suspects to US
South Africa will extradite six Nigerian nationals suspected of involvement in cyberfraud to the US.
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@techcentral 22 hours ago
Newspaper group Caxton deploys AI copy editors
Caxton has told shareholders it is piloting AI in its newsrooms for copy editing as newspaper revenue keeps falling.
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@techcentral 22 hours ago
Why businesses are moving n8n onto their own servers
What self-hosted n8n is, what businesses use it for and why some are running it on their own virtual private servers.
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@techcentral 23 hours ago
Nitda, NDPC and Galaxy Backbone back CyFrica 2026
Nitda, NDPC and Galaxy Backbone back Nigeria's CyFrica cybersecurity summit on 8 October.
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@techcentral 23 hours ago
Why Apple can't tell you who its R50 000 iPhone is for
Analysts have warned that Apple has not clearly defined who the R50000 iPhone Duo is actually meant for.
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@techcentral Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:45:12
US in move to counter Huawei in Africa
The Donald Trump administration is said to be seeking to counter the expansion of China's Huawei Technologies in Africa.
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@techcentral Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:04:04
'There are no adults in the room': the AI safety exodus
Safety researchers are quitting the biggest AI labs, warning nobody is coming to save us.
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@techcentral Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:09:02
Lesaka's first profit comes as its merchant business goes backwards
Lesaka Southern Africa CEO Lincoln Mali says merchant division growth will return only in the second half of FY2027.
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@techcentral Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:07:12
South Africa's electric car floodgates are opening
Nineteen battery-electric models were shown at the Festival of Motoring. Only the Suzuki eVitara was not Chinese.
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@techcentral Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:06:39
SAPS wants to deploy AI bodycams with facial recognition
A tender document issued by Sita makes facial recognition a hard requirement for body cameras, with no quantities set.
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@techcentral Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:28:38
Disney+ users have a month to move to a new app
Existing subscribers have until 12 October to move across, after which the current app stops working.
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@techcentral Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:38:56
MTN puts a price on network quality
Under MTN's new wholesale model, an MVNO that wants aggressive retail pricing can have it, but there's a catch.
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