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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Little progress on consumer incentives has raised serious concerns over South Africa’s sluggish electric vehicle roll-out.
Seacom and Nokia have proposed using submarine cable technology over land to connect Africa’s east and west coasts.
The EU has pledged to invest €11.5-billion in South Africa in clean energy and other projects.
With Investec financing, the 25-acre solar farm will generate two million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually.
JSE CEO Leila Fourie is to retire early next year and will be succeeded by Valdene Reddy.
Elon Musk’s record Tesla pay package promises “Mars-shot” goals – but experts say vague targets could still net him billions.
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ASML is showing off its latest chip-making machine, a €350-million behemoth designed to make advanced AI chips.
Cisco is planning to lay off thousands of employees, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Nvidia is building a new business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms and others.
Angola is planning an initial public offering in 2024 for Unitel, the country’s biggest telecommunications company.
For the third quarter in a row, Facebook and Apple generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses. But the party may be ending.
Ether, the second biggest crypto asset after bitcoin, hit its previous all-time high of US$1 400 this month and is trading at 130 times its price of four years ago. Astonishingly, the rally may be far from over.
