By Tsaone Segaetsho Amazon is preparing to take its satellite internet ambitions deeper into Africa, with its Amazon Leo low-Earth-orbit (LEO) network expected to connect residential customers in South Africa through a new service called evry from 2027. The service is being developed through a partnership between Amazon
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By Tsaone Segaetsho Vodacom Group’s decision to take control of Kenya’s Safaricom is more than a change in shareholding. It marks a significant shift in the competitive landscape of African telecommunications and fintech, bringing one of the continent’s most successful mobile-money businesses deeper into Vodacom’s
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By Tsaone Segaetsho Botswana is set to become a focal point for Africa’s rapidly evolving digital gaming economy when it hosts the Pan-African Gaming Taxation & Revenue Summit (PAGTR) 2026, bringing together regulators, tax authorities, policymakers, technology companies and gaming-industry executives to examine how governments can modernise
By Tsaone Segaetsho The scale of illegal streaming during the 2026 FIFA World Cup has highlighted a growing connection between digital piracy and unregulated online gambling, with Gaming Compliance International (GCI) estimating 174.3 billion qualifying illegal stream views globally across the tournament. GCI’s first complete global measurement of
By Tsaone Segaetsho NAIROBI, Kenya — African iGaming Alliance (AiA) Chief Executive Officer Peter Emolemo Kesitilwe has held a high-level engagement with Peter Maina Karimi, Director General of Kenya’s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), with discussions centred on responsible gambling, consumer protection and the fight against illegal gambling. The meeting,
By Tsaone Segaetsho Johannesburg — South African ICT and telecommunications company Telcolink is entering a potentially important new phase as its established focus on connectivity and network infrastructure increasingly intersects with cloud networking, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2013, the wholly black-owned company has built its business around telecommunications,
How drones, artificial intelligence and agricultural data are transforming the way South African farmers monitor crops and make decisions By Tsaone Segaetsho For generations, farming has depended on the farmer's experience, eyesight and knowledge of the land. But increasingly, another set of eyes is watching the fields — drones
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South African agritech company Khula is positioning itself for a bigger role in the future of African agriculture, with artificial intelligence, digital finance, market access and smart farming increasingly becoming central to its strategy. The company's latest direction suggests that the next phase of Khula's growth
By Tsaone Segaetsho Johannesburg — South African ICT and telecommunications company Telcolink is entering a potentially important new phase as its established focus on connectivity and network infrastructure increasingly intersects with cloud networking, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2013, the wholly black-owned company has built its business around telecommunications,
Gaborone launch gives Wallet customers a new way to pay for everyday goods and services without a traditional bank account By Tsaone Segaetsho GABORONE, Botswana — Mukuru has expanded its financial-services offering in Botswana with the launch of a Visa-branded Companion Card linked directly to the Mukuru Wallet, giving
By Tsaone Segaetsho Somu Papanna, founder, CEO and managing director of InfyStrat Software Services, is positioning the South African technology company as a strategic partner to African businesses navigating the rapid convergence of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Papanna’s strategy, profiled by Tech Insights Africa magazine,
By Tsaone Segaetsho Artificial intelligence is moving beyond experimentation in Africa’s electricity sector, with utilities and technology companies showcasing deployments of smart metering, predictive analytics, intelligent substations and real-time grid monitoring at Enlit Africa 2026 in Cape Town. The conference highlighted how AI is increasingly being positioned as
South African betting operator Hollywoodbets is stepping up its promotional activity in August, rolling out campaigns across online gaming, sports betting and live sporting events as competition for customers intensifies in the country's gambling market. The operator's August programme spans its Spina Zonke gaming platform, casino
By Tsaone Segaetsho Telkom is sharpening its prepaid offering with a new push around voice bundles under its “Data Talks” campaign, seeking to give customers more flexibility as the boundary between traditional voice calls and data-based communication continues to blur. The campaign positions connectivity as more than simply having
Seven-member specialist panel tasked with delivering a revised artificial intelligence policy draft to Minister Solly Malatsi By Tsaone Segaetsho By September 2026, South Africa’s AI policy process is expected to reach a key milestone, with a seven-member specialist panel working to produce a consolidated draft for the
Viral claims about a futuristic Tesla smartphone expose a growing problem in the technology age — where speculation, AI-generated images and clickbait can look remarkably like news The Tesla Pi Phone does not exist. Yet across social media, technology blogs and video platforms, it has been presented as though it
TikTok owner bets on massive new model as China’s technology groups race to close the gap with US AI leaders ByteDance, the Chinese technology group behind TikTok, is escalating its artificial-intelligence ambitions with plans to train a model on a scale that could reshape the competitive landscape between
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s digital-asset market has gained a new rand-to-dollar trading route, but the timing could prove challenging for the businesses ZARU is targeting. BlockTower, the issuer of the rand-backed ZARU stablecoin, announced that Luno has listed ZARU/USDT and ZARU/USDC, giving the rand
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry is betting that surveillance technology, business collaboration and stronger public-private partnerships can help reclaim Philippi East’s industrial economy from crime — but the experiment raises bigger questions about policing, inequality and who gets to feel safe in Cape Town. By Staff Reporter