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Jan Reynders, a ‘towering’ figure in SA engineering, has died

2 weeks ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Chris Yelland

Prof Jan Reynders, a past president of the SAIEE and a former Wits professor in engineering, has passed away at age 84.
MultiChoice vs Canal+ - a tale of two very different strategies

4 weeks ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Maxime Saada

MultiChoice vs Canal+ – a tale of two very different strategiesCanal+ is likely to drive through big strategic changes should its takeover bid for MultiChoice succeed.
ICT distributors must embrace innovation or risk irrelevance

1 month ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Andrew Harris

Distributors that continue with a business-as-usual mindset risk becoming irrelevant in an innovation-led market.
Nav-igating change, FNB’s Jolandé Duvenage on reaching 5 million customers

1 month ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Toby Shapshak

by | Mar 30, 2025 | Business News, FNB, FNB nav, News, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, Toby Shapshak, video, Videos | FNB’s nav» has hit 5 million users, helping South Africans master their money, says Jolandé Duvenage, who has the delightful title of chief Imagineer for nav». She explains what this unusual title means and how she is helping people understand money better to Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak.
Standard Bank spent R22.4-billion on IT in 2024

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Jörg Fischer

South Africa’s biggest corporate spender on IT has reported a 2% increase in full-year technology spending.
AI agents are here - but are they thinking for us or replacing us?

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Parmy Olson

AI agents’ effect on our autonomy will depend as much on the tech itself as how we choose to engage with it.
A Digg-Reddit slugfest has web 2.0 vibes - with an AI twist

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Alexis Ohanian

A Digg-Reddit slugfest has web 2.0 vibes – with an AI twistNews that Digg would be making a comeback has warmed the hearts of many who long for the “old” web.
China’s Honor announces pivot into new AI devices

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |James Li

Honor aims to expand from being primarily a smartphone company and develop PCs, tablets and wearables.
What2Watch: Tracking Thabo Bester

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Toby Shapshak

In what reads more like an outlandish Hollywood movie plot, South Africa watched with morbid fascination as our very own Bonnie and Clyde played out. Convicted murdered Thabo Bester, known as the Facebook rapist for his trick of luring women on the social media platform, was busted out of jail by his celebrity doctor girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana.
South African banks need a complete app overhaul

2 months ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Sergio Barbosa |Sérgio Ruy Barbosa

Banks have spent fortunes fighting fraud. But this has slowed spending in other areas – and the cracks are beginning to show.