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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce a new push to expand business ties between US companies and Africa, with a focus on building digital, health and physical infrastructure.
State-owned logistics giant Transnet said on Tuesday that it has made “significant progress” in restoring its IT systems, with most affected applications up and running by yesterday.
Mango Airlines temporarily suspended all flights and services on Tuesday until further notice due to outstanding payments to Air Traffic Navigation Services, acting CEO William Ndlovu said.
Vodacom said on Monday that, working with telecommunications equipment supplier Nokia, it has been able to achieve the “highest transmission rates across a live optical network in Africa”.
Intel said its factories will start making Qualcomm chips as it laid out a road map on Monday to expand its new foundry business to catch rivals such as Taiwan’s TSMC and Samsung Electronics by 2025.
Transnet Port Terminals has declared force majeure following the ongoing fallout from a cyberattack that hit the entire Transnet group.
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Facebook shares surged in late trading after the largest social media company posted robust quarterly sales growth and signalled it may be close to resolving a US privacy investigation.
Microsoft’s cloud computing business fuelled quarterly sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by several new deals with large corporate clients.
SAP raised its operating profit outlook for the year, bolstered by strong growth in its cloud business, as the German software maker pushes ahead with a major restructuring.
John McAfee, the eccentric antivirus pioneer known for his brushes with the law, said he has spoken to bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto and plans to reveal the person’s identity.
A new, high-profile group founded by three South Africans now living in Silicon Valley and London has been formed to help grow SA businesses into global firms by providing the connections, advice and investment they need to take their ideas beyond SA’s
Hardly a week goes by without news of yet another international traveller returning from overseas only to discover they’ve run up a huge phone bill, in some cases in excess of R100 000, while roaming. It’s well documented that data use, in particular, can lead to phone bills so large that the money could

































