AI is no longer a novelty for South Africans – it is rapidly becoming a practical tool woven into everyday life.
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The partnership aims to use the scale of the SABC Plus platform to expand the reach of Microsoft’s AI training programmes.
Frogfoot has expanded its footprint in KwaZulu-Natal through the acquisition of fibre assets from Mitsol.
While EVs remain the focus in this episode of Watts & Wheels, the conversation also turns to something far less planet-friendly.
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Insurer Discovery is accusing a rival of using its incentive programme without permission, authorisation Liberty Holdings says it doesn’t need.
First National Bank is introducing sweeping changes to its eBucks Rewards programme for business from 1 September, it said on Thursday.
Telkom will terminate fixed-line copper services for prepaid customers with effect from midnight on 31 July 2019. The next step will involve ending copper-based post-paid services, including DSL.
MultiChoice Group executive chairman Imtiaz Patel received almost $1.5-million (about R21.4-million at the time of writing) in base salary, bonuses, pension and short-term incentives in the 2019 financial year.
Samsung has unveiled a new high-powered tablet the Korean firm hopes will rival Apple’s iPad Pro.
Calvin Collett, MD of Supersonic, the new fibre-to-the-home provider in the MTN South Africa stable, believes there is a big business opportunity to roll out broadband infrastructure in South Africa’s townships.
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IBM is launching a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive computing systems to Africa. Dubbed “Project Lucy”, the company intends investing US$100m in the initiative, giving scientists and IBM partners access to advanced cognitive computing technologies
The Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (Zicta) last week implemented a Sim card switch-off after the deadline for registration came to an end on 31 January, reportedly cutting off more than 2m cards in the process. The regulator had warned users that it would
Cameroon’s government is hanging on to its monopoly state telecommunications provider, Camtel, and the result is that the country now has some of the highest international and national wholesale fibre rates on the continent. The country refused World Bank funding because it
Altech, a subsidiary of Altron, plans to sell its Liquid Telecom stake, acquired in January 2013, to Econet Wireless, Liquid’s parent company. The 8,6% stake will be sold to Econet for US$55m, giving Liquid an implied value of $640m. Altech says it is exercising this option because the stake
