Cloud inertia in government could stall digital reform and leave South Africa behind in the AI era, Microsoft has said.
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Elon Musk is weighing merging SpaceX, xAI and possibly Tesla as investors assess a trillion-dollar AI gamble.
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada has acknowledged that Showmax has been a significant drag on MultiChoice’s financial performance.
Canal+ says its MultiChoice acquisition will unlock multibillion-rand cost synergies as it targets scale across Africa.
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Facebook plans to attach its name to Instagram and WhatsApp, branding them “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook”.
The Competition Commission plans to engage with Icasa on the planned licensing of 4G/LTE and future 5G spectrum to ensure there is “not only universal coverage but also (affordable) access”.
Naspers has corrected a problem that forced Africa’s biggest company to delay a planned listing of Internet assets in Amsterdam, sending mail to the right addresses to reach shareholders.
Google will require rivals to bid in order to become listed as alternative search providers on Android smartphones, a move to try to keep additional antitrust scrutiny at bay.
Apple said on Thursday it is suspending its global internal programme for “grading” a portion of user Siri commands after some consumers raised concerns.
You’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, the Honor brand of smartphones. This Huawei-owned marque has set its sights on rapid growth in the South African market – and worldwide.
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Ethiopia is using foreign technology to spy on citizens suspected of being critical of the government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Tuesday. The report accused the government of using Chinese and European technology to survey phone calls
Somalia will be getting access to next-generation 4G/LTE services through Glocall Telecoms LLC, which has announced plans to deploy a network in Mogadishu. Glocall Telecoms and its subsidiaries plan to deploy the 4G network to schools, government buildings, businesses and individuals. Somalia is one of the world’s least connected
MTN Mobile Money users, who are also Ecobank customers, will soon be able to withdraw cash from Ecobank ATMs in 12 African countries, the two companies said on Monday. They will also be able to transfer money between their Mobile Money and Ecobank accounts
Twenty-five years to the day after he published the idea for the World Wide Web, computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for an online Magna Carta to protect his invention from governments and corporate influence. In an interview with The Guardian, a British newspaper, Berners-Lee said
