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Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
BMW is taking a bold approach with the upcoming 2027 iX5 , an all-electric SUV designed to replace the current iX and serve as the electric counterpart to the popular X5. While many automakers have recently experimented with...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Google’s push to make artificial intelligence more personal is raising new questions about how it uses people’s private information. A privacy policy update effective October 16, 2026, introduces an exception allowing data from Gmail,...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) granted global financial powerhouse JPMorgan Chase & Co. an Approval-in-Principle (AIP) to establish a merchant banking subsidiary in the country. The decision comes after the American banking giant...
Tech In Africa ·
Google and the Elba Hope Foundation, established by British actor Idris Elba, have partnered on a $1 million initiative aimed at expanding access to artificial intelligence tools for creative professionals across Africa. The programme...
Tech In Africa ·
African technology company Cassava Technologies has expanded its artificial intelligence infrastructure by incorporating NVIDIA’s Nemotron AI models into its AI Factory, a move intended to increase access to advanced AI capabilities for...
Space in Africa ·
Rwanda is expanding access to commercial satellite imagery and developing ground infrastructure for international satellite operators. Its approach raises a […] The post Is Rwanda Pointing to Africa’s Next EO Model? appeared first on...
iAfrica.com ·
Egyptian agentic AI customer-experience startup Tactful AI has secured investment from Hatem Dowidar, the former group chief executive of UAE telecoms group e&, as an extension of its pre-Series A round. Tactful raised $1 million in...
TechAfrica News ·
Kenya’s Technopolis Development Authority has signed a project preparation funding agreement with the Public-Private Partnerships Project Facilitation Fund under the National Treasury to advance the Konza Cloud Expansion and Smart City...
iAfrica.com ·
London-based SoleCrypt has announced plans for a 40MW AI campus in Bizerte, Tunisia, powered by solar energy and targeting operations in 2028. The company unveiled the SoleCrypt AI Campus at NVIDIA GTC Berlin. Its first phase will...
iAfrica.com ·
Uganda has launched a five-year National Data Strategy to overhaul how government collects, stores and shares information — work officials describe as the foundation for the country’s forthcoming National AI Strategy. A baseline survey...
TechCentral · · Medium severity
A hacker claims it has 366GB of data from the insurer that handles injury claims for mineworkers and metalworkers.
CIO Africa ·
Runway to Railway has announced plans to hold an infrastructure and technology expo in November 2027, following a Cape Town...
TechCentral ·
The presidency has pulled its website offline, two days after PHP released fixes for critical flaws.
TechAfrica News ·
With approximately 5,900 companies specializing in artificial intelligence already operating across the continent, Africa’s software ecosystem is expanding rapidly ahead of formal regulation. However, as South Africa and neighboring...
TechAfrica News ·
Orange Liberia has launched 5G services in Liberia, positioning itself as the country’s first provider of the next-generation mobile network technology. The launch is expected to expand connectivity options for consumers and businesses,...
TechAfrica News ·
The Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT) , in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative, has trained 70 residents of Busia District...
TechCabal ·
Terra Industries , the Nigerian defence technology startup, has become one of the most recognisable names in the African deep tech sector. Terra has earned the visibility. Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, the...
TechAfrica News ·
MTN Uganda Foundation has launched a Teachers’ Resource Centre in partnership with The Burn Radio to expand access to digital learning resources and strengthen teachers’ technology skills in Uganda. The platform was launched during...
CIO Africa ·
Artificial intelligence vulnerabilities were the fastest-growing cyber risk of 2025, according to 87 per cent of executives surveyed for the...
TechAfrica News ·
SpaceX ’s second-quarter results highlight the growing role of Starlink in the satellite connectivity market, with revenue from connectivity services rising 66% year on year to $4.3 billion. Plans to deploy terrestrial femtocells and...
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AI-assisted research uncovers two critical PHP vulnerabilities affecting most of the web, triggering a global scramble to patch systems.
DefenceWeb ·
Following a record year in which South African defence exports broke through the R10 billion mark, the South African Aerospace, [...]
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Transnet’s Pandelani Munyai and Absa’s Jochem Melis win the public and private sector categories at the 2026 ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards, recognising their leadership in digital transformation.
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The ICASA policy direction aims to make it easier and faster for telecoms operators to build, extend and share network infrastructure.
TechCentral ·
The Brackengate project shows municipal wheeling can work at scale, but it took longer and cost more than planned.
DefenceWeb ·
Unrest and armed violence in the Middle East has seen a rethink of European Union (EU) partnerships. This saw the [...]
DefenceWeb ·
South Africa’s defence procurement and project management specialist, Armscor, is partnering with the country’s major distance learning tertiary facility to [...]
TechAfrica News ·
Airtel Rwanda has partnered with the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) through its Cyber Hub to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities and develop practical digital skills among young Rwandans through its Future Path Programme....
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The ITWeb Brainstorm 2026 CIO Survey finds AI and cyber security are joint top priorities, while budget constraints remain a major barrier.
TechAfrica News ·
South Africa’s National Taxi Council (SANTACO), alongside its affiliate, the South African Meter Taxi & E-Hailing Association (SAMTEA) , is preparing to launch a new fleet of electric-powered e-hailing vehicles in collaboration with BYD...
TechCentral ·
Metacom founder Réan van Niekerk on how his Cape Town firm came to connect 6 000 ATMs, every Pep store in Africa and much of Eskom's grid comms.
TechAfrica News ·
South Africa’s National Treasury has published draft Capital Flow Management Regulations that would bring crypto assets directly into the country’s exchange control framework for the first time, introducing new requirements for...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
US Ambassador Leo Bozell says Elon Musk offered South African schools free Starlink service and that the government asked for 30% of the company in return. The offer was real, and so is a 30% rule. But the 30% is a requirement that...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Apple has officially entered the foldable smartphone market with the launch of the iPhone Duo , a device that many industry observers believe could become one of the most significant product introductions since the original iPhone....
TechCentral ·
Openserve and Huawei are installing fibre ducts in 405 government houses under construction in Empangeni.
TechCabal ·
Millicent Okumu doesn’t leave you wondering whether she believes what she is saying. She speaks with energy, with clarity about whom she is building for. Ask where the company is heading, and there is little hesitation; ask whether she...
TechAfrica News ·
Liwa University and the Artificial Intelligence Journalism for Research and Forecasting (AIJRF) have signed an academic and research MOU to strengthen the integration of Agentic AI technologies and develop specialized AI agents for...
CIO Africa ·
As financial institutions across Africa face an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat landscape, Ecobank is taking a more integrated approach to...
TechCentral ·
Executives post more than ever on LinkedIn, but say less that anyone remembers, writes Change Logic's Natania Pio.
TechCentral ·
Other AI infrastructure and data centre listings have been pulled or delayed, but Anthropic is pressing ahead.
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