Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
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Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.
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Nedbank has unveiled Avo, a digital platform that provides users of its smartphone banking app with access to a range of online products and services from merchants.
Standard Bank has rolled out major changes to its smartphone banking app in an effort to keep customers out of its branches.
JSE-listed technology services company EOH Holdings has appointed former Nampak CEO Andrew Marshall to its board. He joins the board as an independent non-executive director on 21 May.
In a bid to keep its subscriber base engaged, MultiChoice South Africa has announced various offers to its clients, including free access to 600 Udemy online courses until 31 July.
After initially being lauded for his decisive response to the coronavirus crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been forced onto the defensive.
Kevin Tucker, CEO of online shopping price comparison website PriceCheck, said there has been a spike in e-commerce volumes since a ban on unfettered e-trading was lifted late last week.
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Bill Gates has made his largest gift since the turn of the century, giving away Microsoft shares that accounted for 5% of his fortune, the world’s biggest. The billionaire donated 64m of the software maker’s shares valued at $4.6bn
Rovio Entertainment is planning an initial public offering as early as next month that could…
Bitcoin soared past $4 000 for the first time on growing optimism faster transaction times will hasten the spread of the cryptocurrency. The largest digital tender jumped to a peak of $4 125.17 on Monday,
Beware of Beijing: that’s the lesson of Friday’s selloff in the shares of China’s most valuable company. Tencent – a stock-market favourite for its 66% surge this year – slid 4.9% in Hong Kong in its steepest drop since February 2016
