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| Feb 24, 2026 | Altron flags strong year as annuity revenue tops 65% | Altron has reported strong operational momentum across its platform businesses, with headline earnings per share and earnings per share from continuing operations expected to exceed the prior year by more than 30%. The shares climbed.
In a ... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Altron jumps after company flags strong earnings growth | Altron Group’s share price jumped more than 8% on Thursday after the technology group issued a trading statement flagging significant earnings growth for its financial year ending 28 February 2026.
The shares were 8.1% higher in mid-afterno... |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Tough IT market hits Altron, group still hikes dividend 20% | Altron Group CEO Werner Kapp
JSE-listed technology group Altron has lifted its interim dividend by 20% even as it warns of a “tough trading environment” in IT services.
Group operating profit from continuing operations in the six months to ... |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Platforms power Altron growth as IT budgets tighten | JSE-listed technology group Altron has issued a voluntary operational update for the six months to 31 August 2025, describing its performance in the period as “resilient” as strong growth in its “platforms” segment offset pressure in IT ser... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Paymentology Launches PayoCard to Expand Mobile-First Access to Card Services Across South Africa | Share this:
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| Jun 18, 2025 | New MD for Dell South Africa | Habib Mahakian
Dell Technologies South Africa has a new MD following the recent resignation of Doug Woolley, who has taken a senior role at JSE-listed Altron Group.
Habib Mahakian has been named MD and vice president of Dell South Africa wi... |
| May 13, 2025 | Altron says it expects up to 75% jump in Heps | Altron Group CEO Werner Kapp
Altron expects its headline earnings per share (Heps) to rise by as much as 75% for the year ended February 2025 when it publishes its results later this month.
The JSE-listed technology services group led by CE... |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Payment companies form new industry body in South Africa | Asapp founding members represented by Ali Mazanderani, Lesaka Technologies; Peter Berry, Shop2Shop; Rahul Jain, Peach Payment Services; Lincoln Mali, Lesaka Technologies; Moosa Manjra, Hello Group; Matt Puttman, iKhokha; Mpho Sadiki, Networ... |
| Dec 21, 2024 | South Africa's Tech Landscape: A Year of Change and Challenge | 2024 has been a watershed year for South Africa. The political landscape shifted dramatically, shaking the foundations of the African National Congress (ANC). For the first time since the dawn of democracy, the ANC lost a general election. ... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2024 | It’s been one of the busiest news years in South Africa in a long time, particularly on the political front.
The ANC lost a general election for the first time in the democratic era, forcing it to govern in a coalition with other parties, f... |
| Dec 13, 2024 | The Digital Dilemma: Sita's Governance Crisis | In the heart of South Africa's digital landscape lies the State IT Agency (Sita), a once-promising entity now mired in controversy. The agency, tasked with overseeing government IT procurement and services, is facing a storm of governance i... |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Malatsi orders Sita probe amid governance concerns | Communications minister Solly Malatsi
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has called on the Public Service Commission to investigate problems at the State IT Agency (Sita) following a site visit to government’s centralised IT organisation... |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Bookmarks | Microsoft is this desperate for internet users to try Bing | These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Microsoft has reached $1-million giveaway levels of desperation to attract users to Bing: Microsoft is offering a US$1-m... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Altron hikes dividend by 60% as profits soar | Altron CEO Werner Kapp
JSE-listed technology group Altron, whose share price has been on an upward tear in the past 12 months, on Monday reported strong profit growth while hiking its dividend by 60%.
Altron reported a more than doubling in... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | South Africa's Visa Reforms: A New Dawn for Talent and Tourism | In a bold move, South Africa is reshaping its visa landscape. The government aims to attract global talent and boost the economy. This shift is not just a policy change; it’s a lifeline for a nation grappling with high unemployment and a st... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Home affairs gazettes visa reforms to attract global talent | The department of home affairs has gazetted the remote work visitor visa and a new points-based system for work visas that it hopes will attract global talent to the country.
The changes are a high priority for the government of national un... |
| Sep 2, 2024 | Sacked Sita board members to be reinstated | Former communications minister Mondli Gungubele chatting to his successor, Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT
The supreme court of appeal has denied the minister of communications & digital technologies’ application for leave to appeal in a mat... |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Bookmarks | The worst feature Apple ever made – and more | From Intel’s CEO turning rather publicly to his faith, to Google’s new streaming device and Apple’s worst-ever software feature, these are the articles, videos and podcasts that caught the TechCentral editorial team’s eye over the past 24 h... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Shock as former Altron CEO Robbie Venter dies | Robbie Venter
Robbie Venter, the former CEO of South African technology group Altron and the son of South African business pioneer Bill Venter, has died.
TechCentral has learnt that Venter passed away late on Tuesday, with two sources telli... |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Bandwidth bonanza: the undersea cables that connect South Africa to the world | The 2Africa cable being brought ashore in Amanzimtoti, near Durban
Connectivity into South Africa – and the rest of Africa – has exploded in the past 15 years and continues to grow at a rapid pace.
It’s a marked change over a relatively sho... |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Altron’s new BEE deal involves a big move to plug the ICT skills gap | Altron Group CEO Werner Kapp
The board of JSE-listed technology group Altron has resolved to form an ICT skills-focused education trust called Ascent as part of a new black economic empowerment transaction.
The broad-based BEE transaction w... |
| May 20, 2024 | Big hike in Altron dividend | Altron’s group CEO, Werner Kapp
Altron Group has hiked its final dividend for the 2024 financial year by 74% to 33c/share after reporting strong financial results, including a 36% improvement in headline earnings per share from continuing o... |
| May 17, 2024 | Altron expects 35% jump in Heps | Altron Group CEO Werner Kapp
Technology group Altron expects to report at least a 35% improvement in headline earnings per share (Heps) from continuing operations when it publishes its annual results next week.
In a revised trading statemen... |
| May 17, 2024 | Altron expects 35% jump in headline earnings | Altron Group CEO Werner Kapp
Technology group Altron expects to report at least a 35% improvement in headline earnings per share (Heps) from continuing operations when it publishes its annual results next week.
In a revised trading statemen... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Netstar launches global fleet management bureau in Gauteng | Image: Netstar
Netstar, the company most widely known for its vehicle tracking services, has launched a global fleet management bureau housed at the Altron Group subsidiary’s headquarters in Midrand.
The 52-seat facility will manage the liv... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Remembering Mustek’s David Kan … next on TCS Legends | The late David Kan
Episode 3 of TechCentral’s popular new technology show, TCS Legends, will be published on Monday, 18 March – and the focus of the latest episode is David Kan, the late founder and CEO of Mustek.
Kan founded Mustek in 1987... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Ex-Sita CEO Bongani Mabaso joins Altron as group CTO | Sita CEO Bongani Mabaso
Former State IT Agency (Sita) CEO Bongani Andy Mabaso has joined JSE-listed Altron as group chief technology officer.
Mabaso quit Sita in December. Although he declined at the time to speculate on the reasons for his... |
| Aug 31, 2023 | The company buying up Altron shares | Value Capital Partners chairman Antony Ball
In recent months, Value Capital Partners made further big purchases of Altron shares. As recently as this week, the company snapped up a further R47.5-million worth of the shares, bringing the tot... |
| May 15, 2023 | Altron shares climb on ‘resilient’ full-year results | Werner Kapp
JSE-listed technology group Altron has reported an 8% decline in continuing headline earnings per share (Heps), while revenue jumped 19% to R9.5-billion for the year to end-February 2023.
The group, which is led by former Dimens... |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Altron expects double-digit full-year revenue growth | Altron CEO Werner Kapp
Despite the poor state of the South African economy, Altron said on Monday that it expects to report double-digit revenue growth from continuing operations for the year ended 28 February 2023.
Normalised revenue from ... |
| May 18, 2022 | Re-invent your approach to employment to design a win-win solution that meets company, employee needs | Let’s think property for a moment. We often look at the space in terms of a buyer's or a seller's market – depending on the climate, one side usually has an upper hand at any one time. Sadly, we’ve looked at the employment market in a simil... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | Altron Document Solutions launches EME/QSE partnership programme in SA | Altron Document Solutions Business Development Manager for SOE and Government, Zandile Poyo.
Altron Document Solutions, the world’s largest Xerox distributor and Africa’s leading technology and services company, has launched a new partnersh... |
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