TechCentral asked Sabric CEO Nischal Mewalall about banking app kidnappings and how people can protect themselves.

Health start-up Kena Health has taken top honours at the 2023 MTN Business App of the Year awards.

Eskom has opened the largest battery storage project in Africa, Hex Bess, in the town of Worcester.

Google’s AI-powered search is now available in South Africa - and the rest of the continent. Here's how it works.

Sentech interim CEO Tebogo Leshope said the SABC’s unwillingness or inability to pay its signal distribution fees is of “great concern”.

The law aims to formalise the industry in a country where 80% of wild animals are on private land.

Herbert Wigwe, co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank, is investing in a new university to help build skills.

Vodacom Group reported a 4.2% decline in half-year earnings, impacted by start-up losses in Ethiopia and higher interest rates.

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has announced it plans to invest R40-million into charging infrastructure.

Teraco has announced plans for a huge expansion of its “hyperscale” Cape Town data centre, CT2.

Vodacom plans to phase out its “My Vodacom” smartphone app in favour of its VodaPay “super app” in the coming months.

ShotSpotter has been deployed in high-crime areas in Cape Town for some years. Tom Chittum of inventor SoundThinking tells TCS about the technology.

China's ICBC paid a ransom after it was hacked last week, a Lockbit ransomware gang representative said.

Google allegedly devised plans to share app store revenue with Android phone makers to ensure the devices were pre-installed with the Play store.

Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to become one of the biggest suppliers of lithium for electric vehicles.

The rate of digitisation in Africa is likely to see South Africa overtaken as the continent’s most digitally advanced nation, a forum in Cape Town has heard.

Technology group Altron will merge three of its IT businesses next year as it moves to simplify its operating model.

Digital insurance company Pineapple has raised R400-million in a massive series-B funding round.

Strong sales growth at Huawei helped power an 11% rise in China's total smartphone shipments in October.

CSquared has raised $25-million in new funding from investors including a fund managed by Convergence Partners.

Vodacom Group parent Vodafone Group reported second-quarter sales growth on Tuesday that beat analysts’ estimates.