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1. Pesapal, Drift Consult Expand RACK Platform For Retailers

   CIO Africa · 19 Oct 2026, 14:23 IST

   Pesapal has partnered with business advisory firm Drift Consult to expand the adoption of RACK, a business management platform that...

2. Post Office wants R2.2-billion from government as it braces for another loss

   TechCentral · 19 Oct 2026, 14:14 IST

   A previously committed amount of R3.8-billion for modernisation and for creditors still owed money was never released.

3. Emirates NBD first in MENA to adopt OpenAI sovereign AI for UAE customers

   CXO Insight Middle East · 19 Oct 2026, 13:54 IST

   Emirates NBD and OpenAI announced a new enterprise collaboration that will make Emirates NBD the first bank in the MENA region to deploy OpenAI’s GPT models using in-country in-ference infrastructure in the UAE. Banks operate in one of...

4. CAMTEL and SOCADEL Sign MoU to Explore Telecom Infrastructure Sharing in Cameroon

   TechAfrica News · 19 Oct 2026, 13:36 IST

   Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL) and electricity company SOCADEL have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore infrastructure sharing, with the aim of reducing deployment costs, improving network resilience and...

5. A software revolution is heading for South African driveways

   TechCentral · 19 Oct 2026, 13:25 IST

   Toyota expects software-defined cars to reach 10 million a year by 2030.

6. Check Point Research: Microsoft accounts for one in three Brand Phishing attempts in Q3 2026

   CXO Insight Middle East · 19 Oct 2026, 13:14 IST

   Check Point Research (CPR) released its Brand Phishing Ranking for Q3 2026. The latest findings reveal that Microsoft remained the most impersonated brand, accounting for 33% of all brand phishing attempts tracked during the quarter, up...

7. Shift-Left DE-Via

   Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

   Physical design teams face challenges with via resistance, electromigration and routing density. Calibre DesignEnhancer Via (DE-Via) automates the insertion of additional vias, ensuring DRC-clean layout modifications. This shift-left...

8. Why Physical AI Is So Hard To Engineer

   Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

   Key Takeaways: Physical AI is the deployment of machines with autonomy, acting within the real world. It is not a single product, but a philosophy built on modular architectures. These systems can only be developed with a full systems...

9. Breaking The Memory Bottleneck In AI And HPC SoCs

   Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 12:33 IST

   Embedded memory, not compute, has become the limiting factor in AI and HPC SoCs, consuming more than half of total die area while constraining bandwidth, latency, and energy efficiency. As the industry transitions to gate-all-around...

10. IFS Industrial Index 2026: AI drives 90% gains in factory performance

    CXO Insight Middle East · 19 Oct 2026, 12:57 IST

    IFS launched new research revealing a significant divide between frontline execution and C-suite strategy in industrial AI usage. According to the IFS Industrial Index 2026* , which surveyed over 2,200 senior decision-makers from across...

11. Ispa asks if government still cares about the cost to communicate

    TechCentral · 19 Oct 2026, 12:57 IST

    South Africa's ISP body says neither the communications department nor Icasa seems able to lower the cost to communicate.

12. Airtel Uganda Expands School Programme to Reach 3,349 Learners With Digital Learning Resources

    TechAfrica News · 19 Oct 2026, 12:49 IST

    Airtel Uganda, through the Airtel Africa Foundation, is expanding its Adopt A School Programme to four additional schools, targeting 3,349 learners and 83 teachers with improved access to digital learning resources and school...

13. Cybercrime Goes Beyond Money As AI Expands Threats

    CIO Africa · 19 Oct 2026, 12:45 IST

    Cybercriminals are increasingly pursuing business disruption alongside money, and publicity alongside both. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026,...

14. Kenya Launches 2,148-Home Affordable Housing Project With Fibre Connectivity in Eldoret

    TechAfrica News · 19 Oct 2026, 12:39 IST

    Kenya has launched the Pioneer Affordable Housing Project in Eldoret City, featuring 2,148 homes alongside commercial facilities and fibre-optic infrastructure as the government seeks to integrate digital connectivity into affordable...

15. Ghana’s UHAS Receives 200 Laptops to Expand Digital Skills Training for Healthcare Students

    TechAfrica News · 19 Oct 2026, 12:40 IST

    The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ghana is preparing to expand technology-based learning for students after receiving 200 laptops under the government’s One Million Coders Programme (OMCP), aimed at equipping future...

16. How Helios is funding Africa’s $20 billion sports economy?

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 19 Oct 2026, 11:45 IST

    Nigeria’s sports economy is currently undergoing a transformative period of commercialization, rapidly evolving into a highly lucrative asset class. In 2025, the domestic sector successfully attracted more than ₦50 billion...

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    TechCabal · 19 Oct 2026, 11:45 IST

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18. Banks to lose their grip on South Africa’s payments system

    TechCentral · 19 Oct 2026, 10:51 IST

    Telecoms companies, fintechs and retailers will be able to connect directly to the national payments system.

19. Nanoelectromechanical Switches Target More Efficient Embedded DRAM (UC Berkeley, Samsung, Intel)

    Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 04:58 IST

    Researchers at the UC Berkeley, Samsung Electronics , and Intel published “Nanoelectromechanically Gated Gain Cell eDRAM.” Abstract Excerpt : “The memory wall and the slowdown of static random access memory (SRAM) scaling have renewed...

20. Thermal Side Channels Create New Security Risks For Autonomous Vehicles (Missouri S&T)

    Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 03:40 IST

    Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology published “Can Autonomous Vehicles Keep Their Cool? A Survey of Thermal Side-Channel and Perception Attacks.” Abstract excerpt : “This survey systematizes thirteen...

21. A Composable Thermal Solver For Heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC Packages (Cadence, Notre Dame)

    Semiconductor Engineering · 19 Oct 2026, 04:21 IST

    Researchers at Cadence Design Systems and the University of Notre Dame published “A Composable AI-Accelerated Iterative Solver for 3D-IC Thermal Modeling.” Abstract : “Accurate thermal analysis of heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC packages is...

22. NCC issues *315# code to help buyers avoid fake phones

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 19 Oct 2026, 01:13 IST

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially instructed prospective phone buyers across the country to dial short code *315# before purchasing any mobile device. The strategic directive comes as part of a regulatory...

23. India Says AI Agents From Multiple Providers Accessed Personal and Confidential Data During Testing

    iAfrica.com · 18 Oct 2026, 23:46 IST

    AI agents from several providers accessed personal data and confidential material at Indian organisations during research and testing, India’s cybersecurity agency said on Thursday. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)...

24. Disney to Hire Most of Character.AI’s Workforce

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 23:37 IST

    Disney has agreed to offer jobs to at least 60 employees of Character.AI, the chatbot startup that filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, as the entertainment company moves to acquire some of its assets in a $20 million deal. A legal...

25. AI-Built Website Hacked Six Days After Launch, Highlighting ‘Vibe Coding’ Risks in South Africa

    iAfrica.com · 18 Oct 2026, 23:35 IST · Medium severity

    A South African business had its new website hacked just six days after launch because the AI tool used to build it left the admin password exposed in the site’s code, according to Domains.co.za CEO Wayne Diamond. Diamond described the...

26. Moroccan Experts Rank Cyber Risk Ahead of AI as AI Tops Global Risk List for First Time

    iAfrica.com · 18 Oct 2026, 23:40 IST

    Cyber risk is the top concern among Moroccan experts, ahead of AI and big data, according to AXA’s 13th Future Risks Report, produced with Ipsos. Globally, however, experts ranked AI and big data as the leading risk for the first time....

27. Replit Makes OpenAI Its Default AI Partner

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 23:26 IST

    Replit has made OpenAI its preferred partner for powering its AI coding agent, replacing Anthropic as the platform’s default model provider, according to co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad. The decision reflects differences in model...

28. How to free up storage space on your Android phone?

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 13:03 IST

    Running out of storage on an Android device is an inevitable frustration, especially if you have been migrating the same data across multiple phone upgrades. While heavy applications and high-resolution videos are the usual suspects,...

29. These Samsung Galaxy tablets are getting their final major update in 2026

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 12:53 IST

    Samsung has completely shed the sluggish update reputation of its TouchWiz era, emerging as an industry leader in software longevity. Today, the company offers a remarkably generous support lifecycle for its Android devices, highlighted...

30. How to turn off Auto Blocker on Samsung Galaxy phones?

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 12:40 IST

    If you own a Samsung Galaxy running One UI 6.0 or later, your phone likely has a silent digital bouncer working in the background. Dubbed Auto Blocker , this built-in security feature is enabled by default on devices shipping with One...

31. How to disable MSA and turn off ads on Xiaomi and Redmi phones?

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 IST

    Xiaomi devices offer incredible hardware value by offsetting costs with heavy, system-wide ad integration. As a Redmi user myself, I know firsthand exactly how jarring it is to have advertisements injected into native file managers,...

32. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso appointed Chairman of Africa Finance Corporation

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 12:00 IST

    The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has officially appointed Olayemi Cardoso, the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors. Cardoso assumes the leadership role from Ireti...

33. Climate startup Tivano secures $606K to turn Namibia’s invasive bush into carbon credits

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 12:17 IST

    Zurich-based climate tech startup Tivano has secured a $606,100 (CHF 500,000) grant from REPIC, a Swiss initiative designed to promote technology and knowledge transfer to developing economies. The capital injection will accelerate...

34. NCC sets up working group to improve internet governance

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 18 Oct 2026, 02:13 IST

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially established a dedicated Internet Governance Working Group. Launched during the Commission’s inaugural NCC Internet Governance Symposium 2026, the strategic initiative aims to...

35. Why African Companies Still Look Abroad to Raise Capital

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 17 Oct 2026, 21:29 IST · Unconfirmed

    When a major African company seeks access to international stock markets, the decision often reflects more than a desire to attract foreign investors. It can be an attempt to reach deeper pools of capital, improve share liquidity,...

36. FG Begins Telecom Tower Deployment, Targets 20m Nigerians

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 17 Oct 2026, 18:10 IST

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially launched the physical deployment of 3,700 telecommunications towers nationwide under the Nigeria Universal Communication Access Project (NUCAP). The sweeping infrastructure drive aims to...

37. Cracking the Nigerian syllabus: How Ex-UNILAG students engineered an exam cheat-code

    TechCabal · 17 Oct 2026, 17:41 IST

    “Federal university lecturers rarely repeat exam questions verbatim; what they repeat are core topics.” When Dare Adeola and Olamide Onigbanjo set out to build UniBeta at the University of Lagos, they made the quintessential early-stage...

38. Why an Ethiopian nurse swapped her scrubs for software

    TechCabal · 17 Oct 2026, 17:35 IST

    In a hospital emergency ward, a three-hour delay searching for prescribed medication is not an inconvenience—it can be fatal. In 2020, while working in an Ethiopian public emergency room, nurse and social worker Beamlak Alemayehu...

39. Icasa’s R100-million surplus and its empty toolbox

    TechCentral · 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 IST

    Icasa left R333.7-million unspent in 2025/2026 while telling parliament it lacks money for regulatory tools.

40. AI is only as good as your asset data

    TechCentral · 14 Oct 2026, 09:30 IST

    Most security teams can't see their full environment. Axonius explains why AI agents need asset data you can trust.