Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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One of South Africa’s leading computer scientists weighs on the significance of the first sub-1nm chip.
South African operators have agreed interim measures to curb Sim fraud while pressing government for Rica reforms.
A network built to be the cheapest is now keen to show it can be among the fastest.
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Absa is doubling down on its cloud strategy as the bank adopts new technologies like AI.
South African-developed digital tax assistant TaxTim has been acquired by a private consortium led by Twofold Capital.
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has said low-Earth orbit satellites are becoming an integral part of modern connectivity.
Internet connectivity in numerous countries has again been affected by subsea cable outages in the Red Sea.
Altvest is changing its name to The Africa Bitcoin Corporation and plans to issue shares to raise capital for its bitcoin treasury.
PSYCHOPOMP! is the debut exhibition of the Roger Ballen Centre of Photography in Johannesburg.
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Higher demand for AI chips prompted Wall Street analysts to hike their price targets for the semiconductor giants.
Succession swept the top prizes at the strike-delayed Emmy Awards on Monday night.
OpenAI has sought to address fears that its tech will meddle with elections as a third of the globe heads to the polls.
Elon Musk said he would be uncomfortable growing AI/robotics at Tesla without at least a 25% voting control of the company.
The Covid-19 pandemic is fuelling a boom for Africa-focused money transfer companies, despite predictions from the World Bank of a historic 20% drop in remittances to poorer countries this year.
At Tesla’s Battery Day event in September, CEO Elon Musk set himself an ambitious target: to produce a $25 000 electric car in three years. Hitting that price is seen as critical to deliver a true, mass-market product.
