South Africans experienced challenges paying with their cards and using ATMs following the severe storms that recently wreaked havoc in parts of the country. According to Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) executive Paul Colmer, the problems were widespread and may possibly be related to a data centre peering issue.

Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence. And I mean everyone. The hype reminds me of the fanfare around 5G’s launch – all promise, waiting to see delivery. We built and enabled those towers everywhere, and now? Well, let’s just say the revolution was somewhat overstated.