Global demand for smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year amid surging RAM prices.
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As storage prices fall, South Africa’s renewables are pivoting from variable output to dependable, dispatchable power.
Astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery surrounding one of the most extreme stars ever observed.
South Africa is endowed with minerals needed by the tech industry, but they are not being exploited to their full potential.
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Liquid Telecom, majority owned by African telecommunications tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840-million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.
The South African Revenue Service has been given a huge injection of R3-billion to improve its technology infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities.
African e-commerce pioneer Jumia said on Wednesday its cost cuts helped it reduce fourth quarter losses by 47% from a year ago, even as revenues continue to slide, showing that its path to profitability was on course.
Woolworths delivered a more than 58% improvement in headline earnings per share in the 26 weeks ended 27 December 2020, with the retail group benefiting, in part, from a big focus on e-commerce.
Convergence Partners, the investment vehicle created by businessman Andile Ngcaba, has acquired Ctrack’s operations in Africa and the Middle East from Nasdaq-listed Inseego.
Revego Africa Energy Fund, an investor in South African renewable projects, is looking to raise as much as R1.5-billion by April with the industry poised to grow.
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Given recent market turmoil, it would easy to overlook the upcoming IPO of Niu Technologies, a Chinese manufacturer of electric mopeds.
Global payment companies held their first joint cybersecurity war games to test their systems’ readiness for simultaneous attacks, uncovering differences in their defences including even how to define a crisis.
Microsoft is now the fifth biggest PC manufacturer in the US, according to new data from Gartner.
There were no good spots for investors to hide in Thursday’s global market rout, as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies joined the selloff.
All currencies are based on trust. In the days of the gold standard, that meant trusting that paper money was backed by bullion in a reserve. Centralisation was necessary in order to prevent counterfeiting and ensure money wasn’t simply printed on a whim. Of course, experience
Founded in 1911, IBM is 100 years old on 16 June. TechCentral senior journalist Craig Wilson traces the rise and fall and rise of Big Blue. IBM was the result of a merger of four companies, engineered by a prominent financier
