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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MultiChoice Group is working to launch 4K content and may be ready to showcase it in time for the 2022 soccer World Cup.
South African scientists have detected a new Covid-19 variant in small numbers and are working to understand its potential implications.
eMedia Holdings has reported a sharp increase in revenue and profits for the six months to 30 September 2021, driven by a surge in advertising sales.
Migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is on track, communications minister Khumbudo Ntshavheni said, even as industry insiders express doubt.
Absa Group said on Thursday that its partnership with Amazon Web Services to train employees in cloud computing skills will see almost 1 800 people benefit.
A group claiming to be former employees and shareholders going under the name “Save EOH”, all of them anonymous, have accused CEO Stephen van Coller of destroying shareholder value.
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Top US universities are shunning research money from Huawei amid pressure from congress and the Trump administration to limit dealings with the Chinese company over national security concerns.
Apple continues to struggle with iPhone demand, with trends going “from bad to worse”, according to Longbow Research.
Volkswagen aims to produce almost 50% more electric cars than it previously targeted, boosting a bet that has already strained profit margins.
Google has dedicated its home page doodle to the World Wide Web to mark the system’s 30th anniversary.
MTN, Africa’s largest mobile network operator, is locked in around-the-clock talks with Iranian authorities about its 49% telecoms stake in Irancell. The Middle East country has become the target of sanctions by the US and the European Union for its nuclear ambitions. MTN has been playing a diplomatic tune in terms of its operations
Whether or not we agree with it, we’re all pretty used to the idea of genetic engineering. Our food chain is full of GM crops and pretty soon we may be genetically modified ourselves. But synthetic biology takes the idea even further. Instead of merely modifying existing organisms, synthetic biology aims to create entirely new organisms
