With almost a quarter of South Africans watching pirated content, MultiChoice steps up its anti-piracy fight.
The fintech firm raises R362 million in Series A funding, aiming to expand its Pan-African payment infrastructure platform.
NTT Data Ditches Data Centres for Services | ITWeb Tech Headlines 27 Jul – 1 Aug 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. NTT Data South Africa has sold seven data centres in a sale-and-leaseback deal with Open Access Data Centres, shifting its focus from owning infrastructure to delivering integrated managed services. Meanwhile, Standard Bank's business and commercial banking unit says data and AI are now its top priority, with CIO Fezile Dali revealing GenAI is helping staff anticipate client needs faster.
The French group reports a 40% revenue increase to R81.8 billion, driven by the consolidation of MultiChoice’s financial results.
Former MultiChoice Group CEO for Rest of Africa Fhulu Badugela is stepping down from her role at the end of this month.
Media giant Canal+ is the first French company to list on the JSE, following its purchase of MultiChoice last year for $3 billion (R52.2 billion at the time).
Backed by the Bolloré family, Canal+ begins trading on the JSE tomorrow as it targets growth across the continent.
Discovery Bank expands its AI-driven banking tools, and introduces new services as it reports fraud reduction wins.
The pay-TV giant “firmly denies” allegations of wrongdoing in its set-top box deal with Altech.
The Competition Commission alleges the firms entered into an agreement to divide markets, in contravention of the Competition Act.
The High Court orders that MultiChoice’s confidential submissions be partially disclosed to rival eMedia.
Rising Data Centre Costs, Global Conflicts Disrupt IT Spending as SA Banks Accelerate Digital Growth
In this week's tech news roundup, South African data centre providers warn that cloud computing and web hosting costs will rise in 2026 due to surging infrastructure and energy expenses. However, geopolitical conflicts—like those involving Israel, the US, and Iran—are disrupting IT spending patterns in unprecedented ways, as Phillip de Wet notes.
MultiChoice’s new owner deploys AI to generate previously impossible scenes and cut costs, as the industry debates AI’s role.
Cases linked to illegal digital activities have been concluded in the Paarl Regional Court and the Worcester Regional Court.
ITWeb Turns 30 as MultiChoice Axes Showmax, Nedbank Boosts Tech Spend and Spinnaker Enters SA Market
In this week's tech news roundup, This year marks our 30th anniversary at ITWeb – the company that pioneered technology media reporting in South Africa back in 1996. We now have a live feed that chronicles our journey from where we started to where we are today. Other than that, MultiChoice, which was recently acquired by French-based media giant Canal+, this week announced the forthcoming discontinuation of its Showmax streaming platform.