Microsoft shares jumped 15% after cloud guidance eased fears that its AI spending had outrun demand.
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Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017.
The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.
Nedbank has appointed Nikos Angelopoulos, formerly MTN Group’s CIO, to the same role at the bank.
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South Africa’s draft AI policy framework is headed to cabinet and could be gazetted for public comment in March.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has been urged to reduce taxes on electric cars in Wednesday’s budget speech.
Standard Bank has spent R1-billion rebuilding its business banking platform, giving clients more real-time controls.
Nvidia heads into quarterly earnings under pressure to prove AI spending isn’t a bubble as rivals close in.
Most African firms see agentic AI as critical to their cloud strategies, but only a third are actively scaling implementations.
Sola Group has begun construction on a solar and battery project that will wheel dispatchable power to Sasol and Air Liquide.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is planning to sell almost $5-billion worth of shares in the e-commerce giant.
LG Energy Solution is aiming to commercialise what’s been described as a game-changing battery-making technology by 2028.
China is far ahead of other countries in generative AI inventions like chatbots, filing six times more patents than its closest rival.
Qualcomm has become the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Manchester United Football Club as the firm pivots into PC processors.
