Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.
Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
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South Africa could save R100-billion by accelerating the closing of coal-fired power plants in return for cheap loans to fund a transition to cleaner forms of electricity.
Naspers is considering making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for South African staff after Discovery took the step earlier this month.
Africa-focused cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card has raised $15-million in a series-A venture capital funding round.
Frogfoot Networks, the open-access fibre provider, has acquired the fibre-to-the-home assets of Link Africa Western Cape for an undisclosed sum.
Newly appointed Adapt IT CEO Tiffany Dunsdon will remain based in Perth, where she has lived for the past 12 years.
Alviva has reported a 1% improvement in full-year revenue, though the number would have been “substantially” higher if it wasn’t for global shortages in semiconductors.
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Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson has said his spaceship has just a few more test flights before he jumps on board for the first tourist trip.
Microsoft topped quarterly sales and profit projections, fuelled by steady demand for cloud computing services and a surprisingly strong Windows business.
BMW promoted production chief Oliver Zipse to CEO, resetting its leadership to catch up with rivals in the transition to an era of self-driving, electric cars.
The television network giants went through ratings hell. It’s time for Netflix’s own version of that.
Next Wednesday, a week from now, Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) will launch its new BlackBerry smartphones and its completely redesigned operating system, BlackBerry 10 (BB10) in one of the biggest product unveilings in the technology industry in years. For RIM, everything is riding on
Lack of certainty around the encryption and access control mechanisms to be used for digital terrestrial television, along with how millions of set-top boxes will be subsidised for poorer households, looks set to throw South Africa even further off track
