From digital IDs to AI-powered crime fighting, here are the key tech takeaways from Sona 2026.
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Cell C’s first results as a listed company reveal a cleaner balance sheet but a business still searching for momentum.
While its other segments have showed a relatively muted performance, Cell C’s MVNO business is thriving.
South Africa will push ahead with breaking up Eskom and creating a standalone company to run the transmission grid.
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Naamsa has warned that new US tariffs on South Africa could decimate the local vehicle manufacturing export industry.
Government will host a colloquium soon to solicit inputs ahead of a planned overhaul of ICT legislation.
Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa and acting MD of Microsoft South Africa, has a new regional role.
Like any good investor, Mark Zuckerberg likes to make a return, but he’s willing to play the long game.
A new draft framework for the broadcasting and media sector, five years in the making, is now open for public comment.
Jensen Huang will hold a media briefing in Beijing on 16 July as tensions between the US and China continue rising.
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has told a VALR webinar that stablecoins are becoming a second-line currency for global trade finance.
China’s Longi is cutting almost a third of its workforce as it tries to slash costs in an industry struggling with overcapacity.
The US’s top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has said democracies need to do more to disrupt misinformation.
Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to a report.
The mayhem of the last few days is a reminder of the danger that South Africa continues to live with, as well as an indication of the disfigurement of its law enforcement institutions.
Regulators have been struggling to get a grip on the burgeoning world of cryptocurrencies. It’s increasingly important that they succeed, and soon.
