Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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Cape Town said it could buy its own renewable energy within five to six years if it wins a court case against the government.
The planned recapitalisation of Cell C, believed to involve the Buffet Consortium and other investors, has been finalised, though details are only expected to be made public next month, TechCentral has learnt.
Naspers has agreed to invest R100-million in South African agriculture-technology start-up Aerobotics, which uses artificial intelligence and drone and satellite imagery to help farmers manage crop health and predict crop yields.
Naspers-backed cryptocurrency platform Luno is in talks about expanding in Kenya and Ghana to extend its African footprint, as bitcoin rallies 99% over the past two months amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The rate of new coronavirus infections in South Africa has to slow before the country can lift a nationwide lockdown in line with World Health Organisation guidelines, health minister Zweli Mkhize said.
Vodacom is working on a new model to reduce battery theft in its base stations that involves community members, working with police, to monitor and safeguard sites.
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Professional videogaming is the next big thing. How big that is, though, is hard to say. Some estimates pegged it as a $493m industry in 2016, others said it was nearly twice as big. As for the audience, some say it’s 85% male, others
Finnish company HMD Global has unveiled its latest Nokia-branded smartphone in a first bid to win over Samsung Electronics and Apple customers. The Nokia 8 will be available in September and will retail for a global
For Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, the last straw was US President Donald Trump’s attack on Merck & Co CEO Ken Frazier. Krzanich has paid a price internally for maintaining a relationship with the Trump administration. He planned
Space-like adjectives are often used to describe bitcoin’s stratospheric price rise. Now there may be some truth in those analogies. Blockstream plans to make the digital ledger underpinning the cryptocurrency accessible via satellite
