South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
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The International Space Station has often stayed above the fray of geopolitics. That position is under threat.
The constitutional court has upheld a ruling by a lower court that allowed the government to renege on salary increases for public servants.
Teraco said on Monday that it will offer high-speed connectivity directly into US business software giant Oracle’s new data centre in Johannesburg.
Huawei Technologies has launched seven new “Smart Office” products, including a an e-ink tablet that will compete with Amazon.com’s Kindle.
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe founder Strive Masiyiwa has retired from the company he started almost three decades ago to pursue new opportunities.
Cell C has rejigged popular prepaid broadband bundles, and is now offering 2GB of data for R45 (plus 2GB for use late at night).
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This week’s Asia Blockchain Summit in Taipei highlighted how volatility is back, reviving the excitement around crypto trading.
Samsung Electronics’ quarterly profit more than halved after a global industry downturn and trade tensions hammered demand for its chips and high-end smartphones.
BMW and Daimler will offer cars capable of navigating on highways by themselves starting in 2024, as the luxury car rivals cooperate to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles.
Broadcom is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm Symantec, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking a further expansion into the more profitable software business.
International credit agency Moody’s this week cut its ratings outlook for JSE-listed fixed-line telecommunications operator Telkom. This followed the agency’s downgrading of SA’s government bond rating last week. The move is likely to make it more difficult for Telkom to raise debt, at least at interest rates it would
Cell C will also switch on a fourth-generation (4G) mobile network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology in 2012, but the company is not saying where this network will be built or how many towers will be supported. CEO Alan Knott-Craig says
