Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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Africa Bitcoin Corporation has appointed economist and author Saifedean Ammous as its “bitcoin strategic advisor”.
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s TV and film studios and streaming division for $72-billion, excluding debt.
Vula Medical connects healthcare workers to specialists via an app, bringing specialist care to patients in remote areas.
Microsoft will increase prices for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites globally starting in July 2026.
Vodacom will take majority control of Safaricom in a R36-billion deal, boosting group revenue and deepening its African expansion.
BYD has launched the Sealion 5 in South Africa – and it’s the country’s most affordable plug-in hybrid EV to date.
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Upcoming quarterly reports may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud computing market leader Amazon.
Changpeng Zhao should serve 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws, prosecutors said.
X is launching a TV app, pushing deeper into video and entertainment content as it takes on the likes of Google’s YouTube.
Huawei has unveiled a new software brand for intelligent driving, marking its latest push to become a major player in EVs.
The decision to embrace, rather than reject, the trappings of the 21st century went on to become a key to the movement’s survival and eventual retaking of the landlocked central Asian nation.
The issue has reached prominence in Europe, the US and other markets, but where does South Africa stand on the subject of network neutrality? By Carmen Cupido.
