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@techcentral Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:51:41
Big money backs LekkeSlaap against Airbnb and Booking.com
LekkeSlaap co-founders Jonathan Womersley and Marcel van de Ghinste have sold the popular accommodation booking platform.
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@techcentral 11 hours ago
Standard Bank to take up to $200-million stake in OPay
Standard Bank will buy as much as 4.99% of Nigeria-focused fintech OPay as it files to list in New York.
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@techcentral 10 hours ago
Shoprite ranks cybersecurity as its number one risk
Cybersecurity is Shoprite's top-ranked risk, and the only one whose controls it rates as partially effective.
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@techcentral 11 hours ago
Shoprite takes on the banking apps with airtime on Sixty60
Shoppers can now buy airtime, data and digital vouchers on Sixty60, with no minimum basket value.
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@techcentral 12 hours ago
Data centres are the new front line in the Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine has struck two Yandex data centres, including one housing supercomputers used to train its AI.
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@techcentral 12 hours ago
How to tell telemarketers to get lost – officially
Here's how to register a block, what it costs marketers and why the new registry won't stop spam calls immediately.
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@techcentral 13 hours ago
When a machine can choose, who does it become?
Useful AI has to make judgment calls. The worry is the character those calls create, writes Fanie van Rooyen.
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@techcentral 14 hours ago
W&W | LDV's Gerhard Moolman on electric bakkies and fleets
LDV South Africa CEO Gerhard Moolman talks fleet orders, a sub-R300000 single cab and electric bakkies with Watts Wheels.
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@techcentral 16 hours ago
Starlink is coming for your mobile operator
SpaceX is reportedly paying $8-billion for 800MHz spectrum to boost its Starlink Mobile service in the US.
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@techcentral 17 hours ago
Claude is turning into an office suite
Anthropic has added live data dashboards and animated explainers to Claude, alongside docs and slides.
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@techcentral 17 hours ago
Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale quits Absa board
The resignation came a day after TechCentral reported that Seacom had placed Mangale on special leave.
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@techcentral Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:18:40
South Africa's spam registry still can't block a call
Consumer sign-ups promised for July 2026 have slipped, leaving spam-weary South Africans waiting until next May.
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@techcentral Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:47:57
Why fintechs need an insurance partner they can trust
Customers switch fintechs without hesitation. A credible insurance partner gives them reasons to stay.
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@techcentral Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:30:44
TCS | Frogfoot sees bigger fibre deals coming
Frogfoot executives tell the TechCentral Show they would rather be the acquirer than be sold as South Africa's fibre market consolidates.
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