Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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Eskom is considering selling distribution assets as prospects of the government taking over about half of its R392-billion obligations dim, sources said.
Investec is seeking to more than double its private client base in the next three to four years, outpacing growth in a moribund economy.
MultiChoice Group is moving to end the practice of password sharing on its DStv Now streaming service.
South African-founded chat commerce specialist Clickatell, which is now headquartered in California, has secured R1.4-billion in a series-C funding round.
The Gauteng government and the University of Johannesburg will launch the Gauteng E-Waste Management System to tackle the province’s mounting electronic waste problem.
Naspers Foundry said on Tuesday that it will invest R15-million in Cape Town-based Floatplays, an “on-demand earned wage access platform”.
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The man who designed the iPhone, iPod and Mac is leaving Apple after more than 20 years, saying it is a “natural” time to go.
US technology companies have resumed selling certain products to Huawei after concluding there are legal ways to work with the Chinese telecommunications giant in spite of sanctions.
Aerospace firm Boeing has announced plans to work on self-flying taxis with an American start-up backed by Google co-founder Larry Page.
SpaceX has launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites. The rocket is also carrying a deep-space atomic clock, a solar sail, clean and green fuel, and even human ashes.
Simfy Africa, the local version of a European music streaming service, was launched last month. Some see services like Simfy as a godsend for local labels and musicians, but industry players argue they’re not yet a genuine alternative revenue stream to album sales. Sony Music commercial director Russell Crawford
This was not your typical car race. There was no revving of engines at the starting line, no screeching of tyres — just a gentle silent forward movement and they were off. We had gathered at the northern gate of the CSIR in Pretoria for the start of the Sasol Solar Challenge. For the next two weeks, 13 solar-powered
