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The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate continues to install Smart Speed Signs (SSS) on request from wards across Cape Town. The City has noticed a 25% reduction in vehicles that exceed the speed limit at some of the locations where these signs have been installed. There are currently 10 smart speed signs in Cape Town and another four are in the planning process. The City’s Transport Network Technology team implements the roll-out of these signs on request from wards who fund these. The smart speed signs detect the speed of a vehicle and then displays the measured speed…
Jonathan Smit, the founder and former Managing Director of Payfast, has announced his acquisition of iVeri, one of Africa’s longest-standing payment technology providers. The move marks a significant shift in the continent’s fintech landscape, bringing together iVeri’s nearly 30-year legacy of robust payment infrastructure and the vision of one of South Africa’s most accomplished entrepreneurs. “Payments keeps drawing me back because it is infrastructural in nature,” Smit explains. “Trends come and go, but the need to move money never does, and that is exactly where I want to be. The acquisition is a return to those roots. For decades, iVeri…
HOSTAFRICA has unveiled its dedicated NVIDIA RTX PRO GPU servers at Digital Parks Africa’s (DPA) Samrand data centre, launching its fully localised GPU‑as‑a‑Service offering. The launch brought together industry leaders, tech partners and customers for a first-hand look at the platform in action, including live demonstrations of the high-performance infrastructure now available locally. Built to support organisations running Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, rendering, and other data-intensive workloads, the platform is powered by NVIDIA RTX 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs with 96GB of GDDR7 memory. This enables the handling of large‑parameter models, high‑volume inference and enterprise‑grade AI applications within South African…
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) announced today that it welcome the judgment delivered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court on 23 March 2026, which interdicted Fusion from issuing its construction guarantees and confirmed the FSCA’s longstanding position that registration under the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (NCA) by a party issuing guarantees does not exclude the application of the Insurance Act 18 of 2017 (“Insurance Act”) to those guarantees. Whether a guarantee falls under the Insurance Act depends on the facts of each guarantee, measured against the meaning of insurance business under the Act. In this…
The rise of AI is putting new pressure on infrastructure as organisations reconsider how they store, manage, protect and use data. Against this backdrop, Huawei’s annual IT Day focused on the growing need for intelligent storage and computing. The event drew more than 400 customers and partners, with Huawei showcasing its latest AI data infrastructure, all-flash storage and virtualisation. The conversation centred on the growing need for closer collaboration as businesses face cyber threats and the demands of AI. Kui Zheng, CEO of Huawei Enterprise Business Group in South Africa, said this year’s IT Day is built around a critical…
As climate pressures intensify and energy demand grows, Africa must cut carbon emissions while expanding access to reliable, affordable power that supports development, jobs and digital inclusion. Yet many sectors – from telecommunications and healthcare to mining, logistics and manufacturing – still depend on carbon-intensive, costly diesel generators due to weak grid infrastructure and unreliable electricity supply. Addressing this challenge at scale will require multi-sector collaboration, coordinated action across public and private stakeholders, and energy system reforms that unlock investment in renewable and decentralised energy solutions. It is against this backdrop that Vodacom Group has released a new white paper,…
Fraud has entered a new phase. What was once opportunistic cybercrime is now operating as a coordinated, technology-driven system. A new global threat assessment from Interpol warns that financial fraud has evolved into one of the fastest-growing forms of transnational organised crime, now sitting at the centre of criminal ecosystems enabled by AI, low-cost tools and global collaboration. “AI has fundamentally changed the economics of fraud,” says Matthew Renirie, Co-Founder of Certified AI Access. “AI has fundamentally changed the economics of fraud.” He warns that recent data points to a sharp acceleration: Deepfake fraud has increased more than tenfold globally…
OPPO today officially announced the launch of the OPPO A6, a powerful addition to its A6 Series, designed to deliver ultimate endurance, extreme durability and long lasting performance for South Africans who demand more from their devices. Built to handle demanding routines and unpredictable conditions, the OPPO A6 combines a massive battery, IP69 rated protection and optimised performance into a device that is engineered to go the distance, day after day, year after year. The A6 Series lineup also includes the A6 Pro and A6x, with the A6k set to arrive in South Africa in May, expanding the range to…
Sentiv (Pty) Ltd, a leader in mission critical communications and intelligent technology solutions, today announced the acquisition of a majority equity stake in Visiosoft, a South African technology company specialising in advanced IoT Hardware and data-driven solutions. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Sentiv’s growth strategy, reinforcing its commitment to building an integrated ecosystem that combines mission critical communications, IoT, and intelligent software platforms to deliver enhanced operational visibility, automation, and decision-making capabilities. As part of the transaction, Sentiv will work closely with Visiosoft through a strategic collaboration framework, providing operational, technical, and strategic support to accelerate product innovation,…
Industrial connectivity and digital transformation specialist Sedna Africa has strengthened its executive leadership team with the appointment of Shawn Nortje as Operations Director and Raymond Mhlongo as Technical Director, reinforcing the company’s ability to support the growing demand for advanced connectivity solutions across Africa’s mining, logistics, energy and heavy industry sectors. The appointments come at a time when industries across the continent are accelerating the adoption of industrial IoT, Mobile Private Networks and data-driven operational technologies to improve safety, productivity and operational visibility. According to Sedna Africa Managing Director Anton Fester, the appointments recognise the impact both leaders have already made…