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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The rand and South African shares and bonds extended their rally on Thursday as investors cheered signs of fiscal discipline.
Cell C is heading to the public market with a proposed JSE listing that pegs the offer price between R29.50 and R35.50/share.
Google has committed R688-million to support South Africa’s under-pressure media industry.
The ZAR Supercoin stablecoin is “purpose-built” for South Africa and is backed by the same company that owns Betway.
The new digital visa platform aims to position South Africa as a top global film production destination.
A dispute between WhatsApp and the Information Regulator of South Africa has been settled out of court.
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China has reportedly introduced guidelines to phase out chips from Intel and AMD from government PCs and servers.
Reddit lured investors by positioning its content as training grounds for artificial intelligence programs.
The US has alleged in court papers that Apple monopolised the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices.
Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up has live-streamed its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess.
Although Skype, launched in 2003, has been available nine years longer than Zoom and is owned by tech titan Microsoft, Zoom has effectively left it in its dust.
The only reasonable course of action is to be proactive, and those taxpayers who are at risk of being “found out” should take the cue and rectify their affairs before it is too late. By Thomas Lobban.
