Duncan McLeod

5 days ago | techcentral.co.za | Duncan McLeod

Things are going well at Telkom, despite the moribund economy. The JSE-listed telecommunications operator said on Monday in a trading statement that it has seen a “robust operational performance” in the past year. Adjusted headline earnings per share (Heps) from continuing operations will rise by as much as 105%, Telkom told investors in an update to its upcoming financial results for the year ended 31 March 2025, which it will publish in full next week.

1 week ago | techcentral.co.za | Duncan McLeod

Teraco’s JB5 is an imposing structure alongside the R24 highway east of Johannesburg – quite an achievement given its location alongside several other large buildings that make up the company’s sprawling and still-expanding Isando campus. JB5, which is located on the eastern end of the campus, is a 30MW data centre that will house Teraco’s first at-scale artificial intelligence workloads.

1 week ago | techcentral.co.za | Duncan McLeod

Communications regulator Icasa said on Wednesday that it plans to crack down on the “unlawful” use of Starlink satellite internet services in South Africa.

1 week ago | techcentral.co.za | Duncan McLeod

JSE-listed retailer Pepkor Holdings on Tuesday said eight in 10 prepaid cellular handsets sold in South Africa is now sold through its stores. Citing March 2025 research data from GfK and the Retailers’ Liaison Committee, Pepkor said this figure has risen by about 10 percentage points – from 70% to 80% – in the past year, representing growth of more than 14% over that period.

1 week ago | techcentral.co.za | Duncan McLeod

Well-known South African technology industry entrepreneur Reshaad Sha is involved in a buyout of Altron Nexus from JSE-listed Altron Group, it has emerged. As part of the acquisition – which is still subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions – Altron Nexus will be rebranded as Sentiv, a portmanteau of “sentient” and “intuitive”. The buyout is led by Sha, who will serve as Sentiv’s executive chairman, and Louis du Toit, the business’s MD, who will become CEO of Sentiv.