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@techcentral Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:40:59
MTN is spending less on the best network in South Africa
MTN's network spending in South Africa fell 17.1% while Nigeria received nearly three times as much in capital investments.
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@techcentral 18 hours ago
SpaceX wants to launch its AI satellite fleet from a Louisiana swamp
President Gwynne Shotwell says the Vermilion Parish site will eventually handle thousands of Starship flights annually.
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@techcentral 12 hours ago
MTN targets 150MW in first phase of AI data centre push
Group CEO Ralph Mupita wants an open system that routes tasks to the best frontier or open-weight AI models.
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@techcentral 16 hours ago
300 million Sims a year for 65 million South Africans
MTN alone has been pushing 90 million Sim cards a year, and says the base is riddled with bad registrations.
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@techcentral 17 hours ago
Pick n Pay puts a TikTok-style shopping feed inside its grocery app
The retailer has launched a shoppable video feed in asap!, its second app feature in two months.
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@techcentral 18 hours ago
$4-billion telescope that could rewrite gravity launches on Sunday
Nasa's Nancy Grace Roman telescope launches Sunday on a mission to explain dark energy and dark matter.
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@techcentral 19 hours ago
Copilot is ready. Is your data?
Copilot works from the day you switch it on. Whether it delivers depends on something Microsoft cannot ship you.
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@techcentral 20 hours ago
Traders brace for a R4.5-trillion swing in Nvidia's value
Despite the potential swing, the era of Nvidia surprising everyone with 20% moves looks to be over.
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@techcentral 20 hours ago
Centracom challenges telecoms gender norms
Elizabeth Makudubela joined Centracom as a support engineer in 2013. She now runs its project office.
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@techcentral 21 hours ago
The R197-billion market the banks can't reach
The banks cannot reach South Africa's R197-billion informal retail market. Three other contenders think they can.
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@techcentral Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:04:41
Watts & Wheels S1E8: 'Tesla lands in Africa, just not here'
Tesla picks Morocco over South Africa, Google's Gemini arrives in Volvos and Tracker CEO Dillan Fernando is in studio.
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@techcentral Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:29:35
From data cabling to leading Lenovo at Pinnacle ICT
Pinnacle ICT's Lenovo business unit manager Inge Middlemas shares her advice for young women entering the industry.
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@techcentral Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:41:16
MTN's Iranian dead end
MTN Group faces a R3.9-billion write-down, cash it cannot move and a stake it cannot sell, just as Washington escalates.
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@techcentral Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:35:22
MTN is cutting airtime credit while its rivals lean on it
In a marked break from rivals Vodacom and Telkom, MTN South Africa is dialling back airtime advances to its customers.
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