South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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South African policymakers need to to refocus national discourse on the future, not the past.
Prosus on Monday reported full-year core headline earnings of $7.4-billion, up 47% year on year.
Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for start-up Perplexity AI.
TakealotMore has helped propel Takealot Group to a 20% jump in revenue, or 15% in local currency.
The move could unlock private financing for South Africa’s huge transmission grid expansion plan.
The State IT Agency has said that recent regulatory changes for government procurement have been misinterpreted.
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Global megacap companies posted solid gains in 2023, boosted by optimism over artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk’s X is now worth less than a third of the price the billionaire paid for the former Twitter.
The Dutch government has partially revoked an export licence for the shipment of some chip-making equipment.
Chinese regulators will curb excessive spending and rewards that encourage online gaming.
Changing any big industry to speed its processes up is going to be difficult. But there are signs that substantial changes are underway – and they may be here to stay.
Battles unfolding on several continents over who profits from connected cars, smart homes and robotic surgery may dwarf the size and scope of the tech industry’s first worldwide patent war – the one over smartphones.
