| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.06.2025 | The End of an Era: Microsoft’s Blue Screen of Death Makes Way for a New Dawn | Change is a constant in the tech world. It’s a river that flows, sometimes gently, sometimes with a torrent. Microsoft is riding this current, bidding farewell to its infamous blue screen of death (BSOD). This screen, a harbinger of system ... |
| 23.06.2025 | Tech stability key to getting South Africa off damaging financial grey list | South African Reserve Bank optimism that South Africa could soon be removed from an international grey list is in part due to actions it has taken to mitigate against the risk that tech outages that could destabilise the country’s financial... |
| 21.06.2025 | Powering Africa's Future: The Role of AI and Energy Infrastructure in Development | Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads. The continent is rich in resources, talent, and potential. Yet, it grapples with challenges that hinder its growth. Two recent events highlight the urgency of addressing these issues: the African Devel... |
| 20.06.2025 | World Bank set to back South Africa’s big energy grid roll-out | The World Bank Group is considering financing US$500-million (R9-billion) of South Africa’s participation in a new credit guarantee facility meant to unlock private financing for a massive transmission grid expansion plan, a senior bank off... |
| 17.06.2025 | EFGH Announces Appointment of Eric Mboma as CEO for Africa, Bolstering Commitment to Financial Inclusion | SINGAPORE, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Embed Financial Group Holdings (EFGH.XYZ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Mboma as Chief Executive Officer for Africa, a strategic move that underscores the Group's unwavering commitme... |
| 15.04.2025 | South Africa’s payments startup Stitch raises $55 million Series B funding | Stitch, a South Africa-based payments infrastructure startup founded in 2021, has raised $55 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $107 million within just four years of operation. The funding is aimed at expanding its ... |
| 31.03.2025 | BFSI Security Summit 2025 to Address Rising Cybersecurity Threats in Africa’s Financial Sector | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 April 2025 – The BFSI Security Summit 2025 is set to take place on May 7, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Gautrain, Sandton, Johannesburg, bringing together leading cybersecurity experts, I... |
| 28.03.2025 | The Future of Banking: How Discovery Bank is Pioneering Security and Technology | In the ever-evolving landscape of banking, Discovery Bank stands out as a beacon of innovation. Under the leadership of CEO Hylton Kallner, the bank is not just keeping pace with technological advancements; it is setting the standard. With ... |
| 23.03.2025 | TCS | Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner on tech, AI and the future of banking | Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner believes technology is fundamental to the company’s success.
Kallner, an actuary who joined Discovery in its early days as a medical insurance company and who has held various senior leadership roles over t... |
| 18.03.2025 | Absa's Bold Move: Kenny Fihla Takes the Helm | In a significant shake-up in the South African banking landscape, Absa Group Ltd. has secured Kenny Fihla as its new chief executive officer. This move comes after Fihla's impressive tenure at Standard Bank, where he served as deputy CEO. H... |
| 17.03.2025 | Kenny Fihla is new Absa CEO | Absa CEO-designate Kenny Fihla
Absa has conducted a raid on Standard Bank for its new chief executive. The banking group said on Monday that Standard Bank South Africa CEO Kenny Fihla will be its next group CEO with effect from mid-June.
Fi... |
| 17.03.2025 | Absa Poaches Standard Bank Deputy CEO to Be Its Next Chief | (Bloomberg) -- Absa Group Ltd. hired Kenny Fihla as its chief executive officer after he served as deputy CEO at Standard Bank Group Ltd., the continent’s biggest lender by assets.
He will start at the Johannesburg-based lender on June 17 a... |
| 13.03.2025 | Standard Bank spent R22.4-billion on IT in 2024 | Standard Bank Group on Thursday reported a 2% increase in total technology spending to R22.4-billion.
Standard Bank Group on Thursday reported spending this figure on its technology function for the year ended 31 December 2024. This represe... |
| 12.03.2025 | Fractious GNU faces second budget speech reckoning | Finance minister Enoch Godongwana. Image: GCIS
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will make a second attempt at presenting an acceptable budget to a fractious coalition government, raising questions about future investment in the country if ... |
| 23.01.2025 | Angola to privatise telecoms company Unitel | Luanda, the capital of Angola
Angola plans to sell stakes in its biggest telecommunications company, Unitel, and two lenders in the coming months to attract investors, minister of economic coordination Jose de Lima Massano said.
“In the com... |
| 18.01.2025 | South Africa: A New Dawn or Just Another Mirage? | South Africa stands at a crossroads. The economy, long plagued by stagnation, is showing signs of life. Analysts predict a growth rate of 1.7% for 2025, a modest rise from the 0.7% expected in 2024. This shift is like a flickering candle in... |
| 17.01.2025 | Eskom appoints a group executive for renewable energy | Eskom, South Africa’s biggest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, has created a new role, group executive for renewables, and appointed Rivoningo Mnisi to the position.
The move signals the state-owned electricity utility’s dete... |
| 14.01.2025 | Stronger South African economic growth on the horizon | South Africa’s economy is set to forge an upward path this year after misfiring for more than a decade, boosted by steps to address growth constraints and higher consumer spending, according to top-ranked analysts.
Economists surveyed by Bl... |
| 21.11.2024 | Unlock your potential: Stanbic IBTC unveils DiSEP 4.0, empowering Nigeria’s youth for a digital future | Stanbic IBTC Holdings, a member of Standard Bank Group, has announced the fourth edition of its Digital Skills Empowerment Programme (DiSEP) 4.0. This initiative aims to equip young Nigerians with the vital digital skills and certifications... |
| 19.11.2024 | More good news for South Africa | Image: Dall-E
A turnaround that investors have bet on in South Africa since President Cyril Ramaphosa returned to power on a mandate for reforms is coming true — at least in the nation’s credit outlook.
The rand and South African bonds rall... |
| 19.11.2024 | Microsoft quietly assembles the largest AI agent ecosystem—and no one else is close | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating o... |
| 08.11.2024 | Prodigy Finance Continues Global Expansion with USD 310 Mn in New Funding for Education Access This funding aims to prioritise social impact by dedicating at least 30% of financing to women and 50% to... | Prodigy Finance, a global higher education finance provider, has secured financing of up to USD 310 million through a commitment from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
This funding prioritises social impact by dedi... |
| 08.11.2024 | Bookmarks | Apple’s M4 Mac mini is getting rave reviews | These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Apple Mac mini M4 review: a tiny wonder: The reviews are in, and Apple’s new M4-powered Mac mini is getting a whole lot ... |
| 07.11.2024 | Prodigy Finance secures $310M financing from DFC | Prodigy Finance, a global higher education finance company, has secured financing of up to $310 million with a funding commitment from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
This latest financing, building on the previo... |
| 06.11.2024 | Vodacom and Maziv: a contrarian viewpoint | Since the news broke last week that Vodacom, South Africa’s largest cellular network operator, had its bid to buy fibre network operator Maziv blocked by the Competition Commission, we’ve been inundated by sob stories of how this “setback” ... |
| 14.10.2024 | Standard Bank’s massive cybersecurity team | Standard Bank Group CIO Jörg Fischer
With an annual IT budget of more than R23-billion, Standard Bank Group’s IT estate is vast. It directly employs 5 500 people in group technology, nearly a thousand of which are dedicated to keeping the b... |
| 07.10.2024 | Meet the CIO | Standard Bank Group’s Jörg Fischer – mission-critical IT | - |
| 04.10.2024 | Investors wary of South Africa rally: Standard Bank CEO | South African assets have rallied in recent months, yet the head of the country’s biggest bank still sees a cautious approach among many foreign investors who are waiting for the continent’s most industrialized economy to deliver on promise... |
| 19.09.2024 | Standard Bank opens up Mauritius offshore unit to Africa's small to mid-sized businesses | JOHANNESBURG : Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank by assets said on Wednesday it will allow small to mid-sized businesses operating on the continent to do their banking with the lender in Mauritius.
The Indian Ocean island is viewed as on... |
| 13.09.2024 | FirstRand IT spend nears R20-billion/year | The need to lead in digital, along with stringent regulations and the need for heightened security investments, has made the banking sector one of the biggest spenders on IT – and FirstRand Group, the parent of First National Bank, is no ex... |
| 31.08.2024 | The Future of Online Shopping: Mastercard's Bold Move to Eliminate Card Numbers | In a world where online shopping is as common as morning coffee, security is paramount. Mastercard is stepping up to the plate, swinging for the fences. The company aims to eliminate credit card numbers from online transactions. This bold m... |
| 30.08.2024 | Plan to get rid of card numbers for online shopping | Mastercard is doubling down on efforts to eliminate the use of credit card numbers when customers make purchases online in a bid to fight fraud.
A decade after it first unveiled a technology that replaces consumers’ card numbers with so-cal... |
| 22.08.2024 | African microlender M-Kopa to bag funding from a consortium for minority stake | Premium
Jesse Moore, co-founder and CEO, M-Kopa | Credit: LinkedIn
African digital credit provider M-Kopa, which offers microfinancing for everyday essentials, is set to raise capital from a consortium of investors including some existing o... |
| 21.08.2024 | Johnson & Johnson's Bold Move: A $1.7 Billion Bet on Heart Health | In a strategic leap, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced its acquisition of V-Wave, a company at the forefront of heart health innovation. The deal, valued at $1.7 billion, signals J&J's commitment to expanding its portfolio i... |
| 21.08.2024 | African VC firm Founders Factory Africa rebrands to 54 Collective | With the announcement of its rebrand and name change to 54 Collective, African venture capital firm Founders Factory Africa is now better equipped to support transformative technology ventures throughout the continent by providing value-add... |
| 16.07.2024 | Disrupting Africa's Technological Future: Terrence Taylor and the "I Am Because We Are" Philosophy | DI PRS 132
Join Karla Jo Helms on the Disruption Interruption™ podcast as she talks with Terrence Taylor, a visionary and former executive at Meta, as they discuss the African Institute of Future Technologies (AIFT) and the organization's a... |
| 03.07.2024 | WIMBIZ announces 2nd edition of its London conference: “next level: Succeeding beyond boundaries” | The Women in Management, Business & Public Service (WIMBIZ) has announced the theme for the second edition of its London Conference: “Next Level: Succeeding Beyond Boundaries.” Following the success of the maiden edition, this year’s co... |
| 28.05.2024 | Nubank Ventures into Mobile Networks with New eSIM Service | By Joseph Henry
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Nubank, a leading Brazilian neobank traded on the NYSE, has entered the mobile network... |
| 24.05.2024 | South African Bank Absa Is Keen to Meet Growing Chinese Demand, Executive Says | (Yicai) May 24 -- Absa Group, one of South Africa’s big four banks, is eager to build stronger ties with Chinese clients, an executive told Yicai.
The banking and financial services provider set up a subsidiary in Beijing earlier this month... |
| 23.03.2024 | Standard Bank granted US $11 M to South African fintech startup Float | Standard Bank has granted US $11 million to South African fintech startup Float in order to support the company’s accelerated growth plans over the next four years and enable the rollout of its card-linked installments platform.
Launched in... |
| 14.03.2024 | Standard Bank IT spending jumps 14% | Standard Bank Group on Thursday reported a 14% jump in software, cloud and technology-related costs, blaming the higher spending on cloud migration and software licences.
“Personalisation” and “focused AI-driven projects” also contributed t... |
| 14.02.2024 | EDM Council Launches Data Excellence Program | NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The EDM Council has introduced the Data Excellence Program in response to the growing need for standardized measurement and recognition of data management excellence at the organizational level. EDM C... |
| 18.08.2023 | Standard Bank spent R11.2-billion on IT in six months | Standard Bank Group spent R11.2-billion in the first half of the year to 30 June 2023 on technology, including staff costs, a 12% jump over the same period a year ago, as it continues its wholesale shift from on-premises IT to the cloud.
Th... |
| 16.05.2023 | IT Leadership Series: Standard Bank data security chief Sheldon Moonian | Sheldon Moonian
Sheldon Moonian has always had a passion for technology. When IT was still powered by mainframes running in the basements of big companies, he got his first glimpse of technology – and fell in love.
“When I started working, ... |
| 09.03.2023 | AI Capital Launches Singapore Flagship Fund Investing in Companies Leveraging AI for Growth | SINGAPORE, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial Intelligence has ushered in a new and exciting phase of technology, where the presence of AI will become ubiquitous, indispensable and powerful across our modern world. Whilst AI will resu... |
| 15.12.2022 | Ventures Platform closes its pan-African fund at $46 million
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Success! | Ventures Platform, an early-stage, Africa-focused VC firm, has closed its early-stage and intercontinental fund at $46 million. The fund surpassed its initial target of $40 million and saw participation from several notable investors, inclu... |
| 15.06.2022 | Global Startup Africa: Partnerships unlock economic growth | The inaugural Global Startup Africa Summit hosted by Wesgro, SA Tourism and the Cape Town International Convention Centre went in search of the key to unlock African innovation on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
A packed programme of panel discussio... |
| 15.06.2022 | Global Startup Africa: Partnerships unlock economic growth | The inaugural Global Startup Africa Summit hosted by Wesgro, SA Tourism and the Cape Town International Convention Centre went in search of the key to unlock African innovation on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
A packed programme of panel discussion... |
| 14.06.2022 | SummerSaaS 2022 by Flashpoint Has a Grand Finale Winner | Flashpoint’s SummerSaas conference and pitching session was held online for the third time on June 9th Startups competed in five tracks, and seven finalists were chosen to cross swords in the Grand Finale Israeli IoT startup GorillaLink won... |
| 03.06.2022 | Standard Bank IT boss resigns over system outages | Alpheus Mangale, Standard Bank. Photo: Karolina Komendera
Standard Bank’s chief engineering officer, Alpheus Mangale, who was senior executive accountable for the stability of the bank’s IT systems, has resigned with immediate effect.
This ... |
| 26.05.2022 | FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked | Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records o... |
| 03.11.2021 | Flutterwave and Standard Bank partner to expand digital payments across Africa | Share this:
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| 08.09.2021 | Why Distributed Ledger Technology Will Improve Financial Markets | Distributed ledger technology is capable of having a tremendous impact on the efficiency of capital markets, and for Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets under management, it will start with its fixed-income division, DLT in... |
| 09.07.2021 | Founders Factory Africa announces Revix, Asaak and Wazi investments | Joburg-based venture development firm Founders Factory Africa (FFA) announced another investment in three African startups on 8 July 2021.
Along with corporate investors the Standard Bank Group and Netcare, FFA announced that they will be w... |
| 09.07.2021 | Founders Factory Africa announces Revix, Asaak and Wazi investments | Joburg-based venture development firm Founders Factory Africa (FFA) announced another investment in three African startups on 8 July 2021.
Along with corporate investors the Standard Bank Group and Netcare, FFA announced that they will be ... |
| 24.05.2021 | GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LIMITED
Growthpoint Properties : Lango concludes largest real estate financing deal in Africa with Standard Bank and RMB | JOINT MEDIA RELEASE
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Lango concludes largest real estate financing deal in Africa
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In the largest real estate debt transaction in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) and the first cross-collatera... |
| 24.05.2021 | Growthpoint Properties : Lango concludes largest real estate financing deal in Africa with Standard Bank and RMB | JOINT MEDIA RELEASE
24 May 2021
Lango concludes largest real estate financing deal in Africa
with Standard Bank and RMB
In the largest real estate debt transaction in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) and the first cross-collatera... |
| 10.09.2020 | Liquid Telecom acquires data centres from Standard Bank | Share this:
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| 27.08.2020 | Online escrow platform TradeSafe raises an undisclosed amount of funding from Standard Bank | South Africa headquartered online escrow platform, TradeSafe which safeguards the buyer’s funds in trust in a transaction involving two or more parties has announced on 25th August, 2020, that it has secured an undisclosed amount of investm... |
| 24.06.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/06/2020] | South Africa’s unemployment rate for the first quarter increased to 30.1%, the highest rate in the past decade. The rate is expected to rise further in the second quarter.
This, while fintech lender Merchant Capital on Monday (22 June) ann... |
| 24.06.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/06/2020] | South Africa’s unemployment rate for the first quarter increased to 30.1%, the highest rate in the past decade. The rate is expected to rise further in the second quarter.
This, while fintech lender Merchant Capital on Monday (22 June) anno... |
| 24.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020] | With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and how it is affecting Africa’s tech startup sector.
Last night South African President Cyril Ra... |
| 24.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020] | With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and how it is affecting Africa’s tech startup sector.
Last night South African President Cyril R... |
| 25.09.2019 | South African bank workers to strike against digitalisation of their jobs | Share this article:
Update: Hayley Crane, Senior Manager at Standard Bank Group in a response to Techpoint’s inquiry affirmed that the bank is aware of the planned protest and has effective contingency plans in place, as customers will be k... |
| 27.08.2019 | Fintech Nomanini raises $4m in funding round led by Standard Bank | Through the strategic investment, Standard Bank has launched a mobile application, powered by Nomanini, which offers underserved informal retailers financial services for the first time
CAPE TOWN, 27th August 2019—Nomanini, the pioneering f... |
| 27.03.2019 | Why the Nigerian banking industry may not take the fully digital leap anytime soon | Share this article:
Across Africa, both banks and fintech companies are not holding back in the fight for relevance in the digital space. Banks especially continue to launch products and services that are designed specifically for the onlin... |
| 12.10.2018 | Founders Factory to build 100 tech startups across Africa in next five years | Corporate-backed tech startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory has announced that it will, through its Founders Factory Africa initiative, build and scale 100 tech startups across Africa in the next five years.
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| 12.10.2018 | Founders Factory to build 100 tech startups across Africa in next five years | Corporate-backed tech startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory has announced that it will, through its Founders Factory Africa initiative, build and scale 100 tech startups across Africa in the next five years.
In a statement on W... |
| 27.09.2017 | INV FINTECH ACCELERATOR TAKES IN STANDARD BANK | South African Standard Bank has been accepted to join the global INV Fintech accelerator program.
INV Fintech is a US-based accelerator program designed for post-seed-stage fintech startups.
The program was originally started back in 2015 t... |
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| 09.09.2015 | Chef Orders Up $40M Series E for DevOps Automation Software | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As software eats the world, every company must become a software company. You’ve heard that before. But it’s easier said than done.
Seattle-based Chef, the IT automation softw... |
| 09.07.2014 | Russia’s Sberbank leads $8M round in US money management startup Moven | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last week money-management service Moven raised $... |
| 09.07.2014 | Russia’s Sberbank leads $8M round in US money management startup Moven | Last week money-management service Moven raised $8 million at an undisclosed valuation in a round led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank. Virginia-based Route 66 Ventures, South-African Standa... |
| 12.02.2014 | Major Multinational Bank Trials Integration with Bitcoin | Update (13th February, 14:40 GMT): Representatives from Standard Bank say that it has finished testing the Switchless bitcoin trading platform, and that it will not be made available to customers.
The bank said the test is part of wider res... |
| 07.03.2013 | Standard Bank CE Retires After 13 Years At Helm | Jacko Maree, 57, has retired as Group Chief Executive of Standard Bank Group (SBG) with immediate effect after more than 13 years at the helm of Africa’s largest bank by assets.
Sim Tshabalala, 45, and Ben Kruger, 53, have been appointed jo... |
| 29.01.2013 | Standard Bank Ranked Amongst Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations | Standard Bank has been ranked 98th on the list of Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, the JSE-listed bank said on Tuesday.
This official ranking was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, making Africa’s ... |
| 15.08.2012 | Africa’s Top 10 Companies | filling the top nine positions. Last year was tough for the continent’s biggest companies, with even those that top the list seeing sizeable falls in value. This has been attributed to fears of a double-dip recession in the industrialised w... |
| - | INV FINTECH ACCELERATOR TAKES IN STANDARD BANK | South African Standard Bank has been accepted to join the global INV Fintech accelerator program.
INV Fintech is a US-based accelerator program designed for post-seed-stage fintech startups.
The program was originally started back in 2015 t... |
