The AI for Africa Hackathon Challenge gave UJ students hands-on experience developing AI solutions to real-world problems.
ITWeb TV Biz: Decarbonising Africa’s ICT sector with Vodacom
Africa’s digital growth depends on reliable, affordable and cleaner energy. Nola Richards, Group Executive Head of ESG & Sustainability at Vodacom, stopped by the ITWeb studio to discuss Vodacom’s role in the conversation and the need to balance environmental progress with network reliability. #vodacom
The mobile telephony group’s investment targets network expansion, 5G rollout in townships and energy-resilience projects.
The Please Call Me Millions: Who Paid? | ITWeb Tech Headlines 21 – 26 September 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. An ITWeb investigation into the Please Call Me saga asks who paid for inventor Nkosana Makate's decade-long legal battle, with advocates potentially costing up to R145 000 a day, as Black Rock Mining's Errol Elsdon claims 40% of Makate's settlement with Vodacom.
The Chinese smartphone maker adds the X500 and X500 Pro Max to its growing devices portfolio in the South African market.
Five different amounts, cited across hundreds of pages, are at the heart of the dispute over who actually funded Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate’s fight against Vodacom.
Tracker Becomes a Techco | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 15 – 19 September 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Tracker is evolving from a vehicle recovery service into a full technology company, with CEO Dillan Fernando telling ITWeb TV that it now serves more than one million customers and processes 200 million data points a day, using AI to deliver insights for fleets.
Errol Elsdon offered a stake in a separate court case as security for funding Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me battle, but the trust says he had no agreement with it.
The mystery funder behind Nkosana Makate’s early legal fight: two decades of litigation funding, bitter court battles and the scandal-hit Living Hands trust.
Errol Elsdon, who claims he is entitled to 40% of Nkosana Makate’s ‘winnings’, vanished from the Please Call Me story for years, then reappeared as the face of a company few can verify exists.
Vodacom says the data behind Please Call Me’s success never existed, though its own documents show revenue tracking was discussed and dropped.
Raining Men has been in business rescue since 2019, but the man who stepped into the shoes of its directors has a troubled history.
Five Vodacom executives and the company secretary sell a combined 63 216 shares, worth about R9.93 million, to settle tax obligations.
The company announces board changes, which will see chairman Saki Macozoma retiring and replaced by Khumo Shuenyane.
Customer frustrations include network outages, billing disputes and failed service channels, a study finds.