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@techcentral Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:46:06
South Africans are buying fewer phones and paying more for them
Telecoms volumes fell 7.9% in the first half while average selling prices rose 9.8%, NielsenIQ data shows.
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@techcentral 56 minutes ago
OpenAI chases Anthropic's enterprise lead with GPT-6 Astra
The new model has been launched, targeting enterprise customers as Anthropic builds a lead ahead of its expected listing.
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@techcentral 11 hours ago
Cyberattack hits South Africa's biggest water utility
Rand Water has been hit by a cyberattack but has said it's still business as usual, with no impact to water supply.
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@techcentral 18 hours ago
Only one in 10 township businesses sells online
The Competition Commission's first township economy report puts numbers on the gap – and on why it exists.
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@techcentral 17 hours ago
Why electric trucks are beating electric cars to South Africa
Hiten Parmar on why South Africa's electric transition is starting with trucks rather than family cars.
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@techcentral 19 hours ago
Rural South Africans should not have to trade competition for coverage
Letting big operators coordinate rural roll-outs would leave many communities with one provider and no alternative.
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@techcentral 20 hours ago
Adrian Gore sets an October date for Discovery's 'super bank'
The digital bank's first full-year profit of R370-million comes as Discovery ramps up its bet on AI.
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@techcentral 20 hours ago
How to build a security operations centre that actually works
Kaspersky sets out the people, processes and technology a security operations centre needs.
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Discovery bolts AI-driven healthtech onto Vitality with Icario deal
Discovery is paying up to R958-million for Icario, a US member-engagement firm serving government health plans.
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@techcentral Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:20:31
Uber retreats from key African markets
Nigeria and Uganda are now closed, leaving Uber in just four African markets after four exits.
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@techcentral Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:42:07
Telecoms uptime is as much a finance question as an engineering one
Finance sees network trouble before operations reports it, writes Backspace's Elzette Cronje Jordaan.
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@techcentral Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:52:47
Ren-Flex installs Africa's first HP Indigo 200K
The flexible packaging converter has commissioned the first press of its kind on the continent, with Kemtek.
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@techcentral Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:53:08
Solid8 brings AlgoSec Horizon to Southern Africa
Solid8 Technologies on how AlgoSec Horizon handles connectivity governance in enterprise AI environments.
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@techcentral Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:08:12
The Apple, OpenAI feud just got a lot uglier
OpenAI has denied Apple's trade secret theft claims, calling the Apple OpenAI lawsuit a mess of the iPhone maker's own making.
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