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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Altron has appointed long-serving executive Andrew Whittaker as MD of its security business, Altron Security, with immediate effect.
Ether is outperforming bitcoin by the greatest amount this year since the native token of the ethereum network was launched in 2015.
Public net sentiment towards Absa has jumped in the past year, an analysis of hundreds of thousands of social media conversations shows.
South Africa’s bid to turn around state-owned companies systemically looted during ex-President Jacob Zuma’s rule…
MTN South Africa has taken a knife to international data roaming charges, cutting the price from R2.50 to 99c/MB effective immediately. There are some caveats, though.
The department of transport has denied a report that cabinet has taken a final decision on e-tolls.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that his company won’t be participating in Apple’s new streaming platform, reflecting new competition between the Silicon Valley giants.
Spotify has labelled Apple a “monopolist” as the competition row between the music streaming service and the technology giant continues.
Apple is widely expected to introduce an original video programming service at an event next week, but so far analysts aren’t convinced that the initiative will provide a major boost to earnings.
Huawei has withstood criminal charges and international scrutiny to post rising growth in the first two months of the year.
News on Friday that the cost of IP Connect, the product Internet service providers have to buy from Telkom to access the fixed-line operator’s last-mile broadband network, was to fall by 30% from 1 April should lead to lower retail prices as early as this week. However, service providers polled by TechCentral on Monday still want to understand the mechanics
Cellphone giant MTN was so desperate to win a mobile operating licence in the “virgin” territory of Iran that it allegedly put together a package of bribes, trading opportunities in sophisticated weaponry, capital investment and diplomatic influence that the Islamic Republic could not resist, write Sharda Naidoo, Craig McKune and Stefaans Brümmer
