Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The EU is accelerating its Iris2 satellite network to secure sovereign communications and reduce reliance on US systems.
The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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The commission’s “Competition in the Digital Economy” paper says that South Africa doesn’t set up a regulatory framework, it could soon find itself trying to govern companies that have amassed huge power.
South Africa will allow municipalities to source their own power rather than buying electricity solely from the state-owned utility, potentially easing a dispute with its second biggest city, Cape Town.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday unveiled a plan to revive the economy, with job creation, increased infrastructure investment, enhanced energy security and more local manufacturing among its key tenets.
Telkom-owned IT services company BCX has initiated a section 189 process under the Labour Relations Act that will see further retrenchments at the company.
US fintech and Internet payments leader Stripe said on Thursday that it is acquiring Paystack, a Nigerian payments start-up, as it looks to grow its footprint across the African continent.
Uber Eats’ South African unit on Thursday expanded delivery offerings, launching an app-based over-the-counter medicines service as it seeks to gain market share in the fast-growing online shopping sector.
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Amid a sea of red in financial markets, bitcoin is still flashing green. The biggest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 5.4% on Tuesday to $9 412, the highest since 7 March. Bitcoin has gained 20% in the past week and 37% in
Electric buses were seen as a joke at an industry conference in Belgium seven years ago when the Chinese manufacturer BYD showed an early model. “Everyone was laughing at BYD for making a toy,” recalled
Investors hunting for clues to the iPhone X’s reception can take a deeper look at its main manufacturing partners. And the latest doesn’t look good. Apple’s five largest device assemblers reported a sharp slowdown
Alphabet’s first quarter results came with a clear message to Wall Street: the company is embarking on a new spending binge to chase its biggest rivals. Google’s parent posted the strongest sales growth in almost
Neotel is playing down the importance of the retail consumer market to its business, saying its main focus into the future will be on the corporate and wholesale markets. This is after the company signed up fewer than 50 000 retail subscribers. CEO Ajay Pandey says Neotel’s ideal revenue mix is 10% from its retail consumer business, 30% from the wholesale business and 60% from the enterprise space. It does not plan to exit the retail market.
Telkom drew heavy fire from an investment manager and a shareholder at its annual general meeting on Tuesday. The two men accused the JSE-listed telecommunications group of poor corporate governance. Shareholder activist Theo Botha accused Telkom of failing to comply with various elements of the new King 3 codes of corporate governance.
