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1. Godongwana cuts fuel levy again, with diesel getting the bigger break

   TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 18:44 IST

   Diesel's levy drops by R3/l and petrol's by R1.50/l from 4 November, at a cost of R10-billion in tax revenue.

2. Veeam launches new global sovereign service providers programme

   CXO Insight Middle East · 21 Oct 2026, 18:42 IST

   Veeam Software announced the Veeam Sovereign Service Providers Programme, a phased global initiative designed to help customers identify trusted local service providers that combine sovereign operating capabilities with Veeam-powered...

3. More than 10 million developers are building on Cloudflare

   CXO Insight Middle East · 21 Oct 2026, 18:26 IST

   Cloudflare announced that more than 10 million developers are building on Cloudflare, up from 7.4 million in the prior quarter. What began with Workers, Cloudflare’s serverless compute platform, has grown into a full stack for building...

4. Bolt EVs hit Sandton and the OR Tambo airport run

   TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 18:28 IST

   Bolt's electric category is live in Johannesburg, with a Santaco-affiliated association owning the BYD fleet.

5. Capitec crowned ‘Fan Favourite’ at inaugural EasyEquities EasyAwards

   Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 18:06 IST

   South African retail banking giant Capitec has emerged as a clear favorite among investors, securing top honors at the inaugural EasyAwards hosted by investment broker EasyEquities. The event celebrated the platform’s most popular...

6. Will Africa’s AI Talent Find the Infrastructure It Needs at Home?

   TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 18:06 IST

   Workforce participation in advanced digital training across Sub-Saharan Africa is shifting at an unprecedented pace. According to the eighth annual Global Skills Report published by Coursera on October 19, 2026, enrolments in artificial...

7. Treasury puts R150-million behind MyMzansi government app

   TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 18:09 IST

   Treasury has allocated R150-million to the team building MyMzansi, the government's planned one-stop services app.

8. Treasury backs down on crypto rules after ‘thousands’ of comments

   TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 17:55 IST

   Enoch Godongwana says the draft cross-border rules need "a different approach" and a second version is coming.

9. How iOCO’s new AI software engineering framework is redefining delivery

   Cio Sa · 21 Oct 2026, 05:30 IST

   iOCO debuted its new AI software engineering framework at the 2026 IT Indaba, in which governance is embedded directly into the software delivery lifecycle. The framework showcases how organisations can move at AI speed while...

10. NITDA Moves to Boost Digital Public Services as MDAs Begin IPv6 Migration Training

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 17:01 IST

    The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has officially launched a specialized capacity-building and migration training program on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs)...

11. Liquid, Microsoft launch solar-powered digital lab in Gqeberha

    · 21 Oct 2026, 15:45 IST

    The lab has been launched at Fontein Full-Service School in Gqeberha, in partnership with Microsoft and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.

12. SA firms set target for 500K youth digital jobs

    · 21 Oct 2026, 16:13 IST

    Collective X’s youth employment target highlights the gap between digital skills training, employer demand and opportunities.

13. How curiosity took Victoria Abiodun from anatomy to crypto

    TechCabal · 21 Oct 2026, 16:36 IST

    Growing up in a household steeped in healthcare, Victoria Abiodun’s path seemed predetermined: finish her anatomy degree at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, head abroad for medical school, and never look...

14. South Africa turns to Big Tech to fight AI Election Deepfakes ahead of November Vote

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 16:21 IST

    South Africa’s Electoral Commission has recruited four of the world’s largest technology companies to help police disinformation before the 4 November local government elections. On 20 October, the commission announced a partnership...

15. Nokia, T-Mobile and NVIDIA Complete First Live AI-RAN Call

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 16:07 IST

    Nokia, T-Mobile and NVIDIA have completed what they describe as the world’s first AI-RAN call at a commercial cell site in Bellevue, Washington, marking a significant step in efforts to integrate artificial intelligence with radio...

16. UK Considers BBC Licence Fee for Netflix and YouTube

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 15:57 IST

    The UK government is considering extending the BBC television licence fee to households watching online streaming platforms such as Netflix , Disney+ and YouTube, in a move that could change how the broadcaster is funded. The proposal,...

17. MTN South Africa Partners With SANTACO to Expand Digital Financial Inclusion

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 15:55 IST

    MTN South Africa has partnered with the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) Western Cape and MTN MoMo to expand digital and financial inclusion across the minibus taxi industry. Under the partnership, SANTACO Western Cape will...

18. Critical PHP vulnerabilities put a large part of the web at risk

    TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 15:55 IST

    PHP is rushing out fixes for two critical flaws, and Cloudflare says early attacks have already begun.

19. Gabon Launches Digital Platform to Modernize Parliamentary Work

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 15:44 IST

    Gabon’s National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF) is supporting members of the National Assembly in adopting digital tools to modernize legislative work through a new platform for managing parliamentary...

20. EU to fund non-lethal military equipment for Nigeria

    DefenceWeb · 21 Oct 2026, 15:36 IST

    West African Gulf of Guinea country and regional economic powerhouse Nigeria will boost the non-lethal abilities of its armed forces [...]

21. The physical economy: AI’s next big opportunity

    CXO Insight Middle East · 21 Oct 2026, 15:38 IST

    Artificial intelligence has found its early commercial footing in the digital enterprise, improving how organisations manage information, automate workflows, and interact with customers. Yet much of the physical economy, from energy...

22. Airtel Zambia Engages Finance Minister on Digital Financial Inclusion

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 15:35 IST

    Airtel Zambia PLC has held discussions with Zambia’s Minister of Finance and National Planning, Situmbeko Musokotwane, on strengthening collaboration to support the country’s economic transformation agenda. The engagement was led by...

23. NGOs Report Weakest Cyber Resilience In WEF Survey

    CIO Africa · 21 Oct 2026, 15:40 IST

    Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) report the weakest cyber resilience among the organisational groups compared in the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity...

24. iOCO CEO draws no base salary, CFO earns R10.6m

    · 21 Oct 2026, 15:06 IST

    Group CFO Ashona Kooblall received R10.6 million in remuneration, including R4.62 million in shares, while CEO Rhys Summerton received no base salary.

25. Incomar invests in the next generation of flight test engineers

    DefenceWeb · 21 Oct 2026, 15:30 IST

    South Africa’s defence and aerospace industry continues to lose specialist engineering skills to opportunities abroad, with local companies reporting that [...]

26. When everyone can build, the CIO’s job gets bigger

    AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it | CIO · 21 Oct 2026, 15:30 IST

    For most of the last three decades, the technology organization’s authority rested on something simple: it held capabilities nobody else had. If the business wanted software, it came to IT. That arrangement no longer holds.

27. Tesla and SpaceX consider mega-merger to create multi-trillion-dollar empire

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 15:16 IST

    Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX and Tesla have established special committees to evaluate a potential merger between the two companies. Announced during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings cal l in 2026, the exploratory panels were...

28. Vodacom pitches a lighter AI rulebook as Pretoria redraws its policy

    TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 14:53 IST

    The telecoms group wants one body to coordinate AI rules, with existing sector regulators doing the enforcing.

29. Disney opens its vault to Netflix in South Africa

    TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 14:21 IST

    Disney shows are streaming on Netflix in South Africa as the former opens its vault to its rival.

30. Morocco appoints first AI Minister as it pushes to build a $10 billion AI economy

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 13:55 IST

    Morocco has appointed its first minister with artificial intelligence in his title. King Mohammed VI named Ahmed Rahhou, until this month president of the Competition Council, as minister of Artificial Intelligence, Digital...

31. Fitbit Edge vs. Fitbit Inspire 3: Which Fitness Tracker Should You Buy?

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 13:59 IST

    Google’s newly unveiled Fitbit Edge bridges the gap between basic fitness bands and premium smartwatches, offering a substantial hardware and feature upgrade over the $99.95 Fitbit Inspire 3 for users willing to pay the $180 price tag....

32. Everything you need to know before pre-ordering the iPhone Duo

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 21 Oct 2026, 13:46 IST

    Pre-orders for Apple’s long-awaited iPhone Duo open this Friday, with official shipments arriving to early buyers on October 23 . Anticipation surrounding the launch is unprecedented: as Apple’s first foldable device, it represents the...

33. World Bank Launches Digital Strategy to Expand Access and Create Jobs

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 13:49 IST

    The World Bank Group has launched its first digital strategy, bringing together its public and private sector capabilities to help developing countries expand affordable digital access, improve services, and create jobs. The strategy...

34. Newspapers hit with import duty to save South Africa’s last newsprint machine

    TechCentral · 21 Oct 2026, 13:51 IST

    Most imported newsprint now attracts a 5% duty to protect Sappi's Ngodwana machine, the country's last.

35. UAE Partners Develop Framework for Designing Future 6G Networks

    TechAfrica News · 21 Oct 2026, 13:13 IST

    In a significant step toward the 2030 launch of 6G, etisalat UAE, Khalifa University of Science and Technology and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have announced a major milestone in global 6G development with a first-of-its-kind,...

36. Accelerate Yield Ramp with Closed-Loop Yield Learning

    Semiconductor Engineering · 21 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

    Achieving the requisite target yield as early as possible during silicon ramp is a lead indicator of product success. Delays in reaching yield entitlement can impact time-to-market, increase manufacturing costs, and reduce overall...

37. Accelerating Manufacturing-Aware Simulations For Photonic Integrated Circuits With FTCO And Digital Twins

    Semiconductor Engineering · 21 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

    Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) performance is increasingly bounded by fabrication realities such as sidewall angle, critical-dimension bias, thickness variation, and line-edge roughness, which idealized, as-drawn FDTD simulations...

38. Scaling CPO Testing Beyond A Single Die

    Semiconductor Engineering · 21 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

    Key Takeaways: Fiber alignment is the main bottleneck to optical engine testing, which would be alleviated significantly by multi-site probe cards. Optical connectors must be optimized for the best optical properties yet be mechanically...

39. Blog Review: Oct. 21

    Semiconductor Engineering · 21 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

    Synopsys’ Neeraj Paliwal considers how AI workloads are shifting key design and optimization considerations from the server to the rack , with designs starting from the target workload and working backward to optimize for useful AI work...

40. Scaling Data Movement For Physical AI

    Semiconductor Engineering · 21 Oct 2026, 12:45 IST

    Physical AI poses a host of new challenges for chip engineers. These systems contain a mix of compute elements, which collectively must process a stream of real-time data, analyze it, make decisions, and still function long enough on a...